The Gan at Temple Sinai

09/10/2026

Looking for a FUN Saturday afternoon activity for you and your child?

Join us Saturday, September 12 at 1:30 PM for Sweet Beginnings: A Rosh Hashanah Family Program with our very own Laura Freedman!

✨ This is a FAMILY PROGRAM, NOT A SERVICE! ✨

Join us for stories, hands-on activities, creative crafts, a honey tasting, and plenty of opportunities to explore the traditions and symbols of Rosh Hashanah together.

And of course, we’ll have a very special table filled with round foods to celebrate the sweetness and wholeness of a new year. 🍎🍯
It’s a fun, relaxed afternoon designed for families to learn, create, taste, and celebrate together!

📅 Saturday, September 12
⏰ 1:30 PM
📍 Temple Sinai, Sarasota, FL
Click here to register: https://www.templesinai-sarasota.org/event/rosh-hashanah-family-service1.html

Join us for stories, hands on activities, creative crafts, a honey tasting, and plenty of opportunities to explore the traditions and symbols of Rosh Hashanah together. And of course, we will gather around a very special table filled with round foods to celebrate the sweetness and wholeness of a new...

08/31/2026

We had such a wonderful time at Tot Shabbat this past Friday! From singing and dancing to prayers, smiles, and sharing a meal together, it was the perfect way to welcome Shabbat with our youngest Gan friends and their families.

Our own Laura Freedman led the evening, joined by Rabbi Michael Cohen and Chazzan Abramson, and together they made it a beautiful and joyful Shabbat experience for everyone.

And a HUGE thank you to Casa Masa for sponsoring and providing the food for the evening! We are so grateful for their generous support and for helping make Tot Shabbat extra special. 💙

We’re so lucky to have evenings like this at Temple Sinai, Sarasota, FL. Take a look at some of our favorite moments from Friday night!

08/27/2026

LAST CALL! REGISTER TODAY!

Join us tomorrow night for Tot Shabbat & Dinner!

Bring the little ones for a fun and meaningful evening led by our very own Laura Freedman, joined by our clergy! Enjoy songs, smiles, Shabbat fun, and a delicious dinner from Casa Masa.

✨ Friday, August 28
⏰ 5:30 PM
🍽️ Dinner from Casa Masa
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Open to the entire community!

Registration closes soon, so be sure to register TODAY! We’d love to celebrate Shabbat with you and your family tomorrow night at Temple Sinai!

👉 Register today and join us!

08/27/2026

🚒❤️ A Morning We Won’t Forget! ❤️🚒

The smiles say it all! Our Gan friends had such a wonderful time meeting our local firefighters and getting an up close look at the fire truck.

From exploring the truck to meeting the firefighters and trying out the hose, there was so much excitement, curiosity, and learning packed into one very special visit!

We’re so grateful to the firefighters who came to The Gan and made this such a memorable experience for our little learners. ❤️

Take a look at some of our favorite moments from their visit! 📸🚒

08/25/2026

Temple Tots is back!

Calling all our littlest friends! Temple Tots is a free monthly gathering created especially for children birth to 2 years old and their grown ups.

Join Laura Freedman, Director of Early Childhood Education at The Gan at Temple Sinai, for mornings filled with music, movement, stories, play, and simple age appropriate activities inspired by a new theme each month.

It is a chance for little ones to explore and make new friends while grown ups can connect with other families and enjoy some time together, too!

Parents, grandparents, nannies, and all the special grown ups in a child’s life are welcome.

📅 One Monday each month
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 Temple Sinai

Come play, explore, and connect with us at Temple Tots!

Learn more and register:
https://www.templesinai-sarasota.org/gan/temple-tots

08/21/2026

Come See The Gan!

Thinking about preschool for your little one? Come see what makes The Gan at Temple Sinai such a special place to grow, learn, and build friendships. 💙

Our classrooms are filled with hands on learning, joyful moments, and caring teachers who help each child feel known and loved.

Enrollment is still available for this school year, and we would love to show you around!

📚 Come take a tour
👋 Meet our team
💙 Learn more about The Gan

Contact us to schedule a tour or learn more about our program. We’d love to welcome you to The Gan!

08/20/2026

Join us Friday, August 28 at 5:30 PM for Tot Shabbat & Dinner at Temple Sinai!

Laura Freedman, Director of Early Childhood Education at The Gan, will lead us in a fun and meaningful Shabbat experience designed especially for our youngest guests and their families.

And after we celebrate, we’ll dig into a delicious dinner from Casa Masa!

Curious what your child experiences during Friday Shabbat at The Gan? This is a great chance to come see it for yourself!

Open to everyone, so bring your friends and invite a neighbor! Come sing, celebrate, eat, and enjoy a Friday night together.

📅 Friday, August 28
⏰ 5:30 PM
📍 Temple Sinai

Register here:

08/19/2026

Last week we welcomed our Gan friends back for the first day of school, filled with happy reunions, new adventures and lots of excitement for the year ahead!

And then we wrapped up that first week with our first Shabbat together! Singing, celebrating and enjoying those special Shabbat moments together was the perfect way to end our first week.

We may just be catching up on our social media, but we’ve been busy growing minds, strengthening bodies and nurturing souls from day one! 💙

Here’s to a wonderful school year ahead!

07/23/2026

Looking for a warm, nurturing, and engaging preschool experience for your little one?

The Gan is excited to share that we have an opening in our Shoshanim classroom for a child who will be 2 years old by September 1!

The word gan (rhymes with “Ron”) means “garden” in Hebrew and is also the Hebrew word used to refer to a learning program for young children.  The Gan at Temple Sinai, for children ages 15 months through pre-Kindergarten, inspires children and their families to embrace Jewish values by pr...

05/21/2026

As we celebrate our end-of-year show and our Devorim graduation, our hearts are so full. Watching our garden grow throughout the year has been such a beautiful journey, and seeing each class shine on stage made us incredibly proud. Every performance reflected the joy, hard work, and growth of our students.

To our families, thank you for sharing your children with us and for being such an important part of our community. Your support and trust mean so much.

And to our Devorim graduates, it is truly bittersweet to watch you move on to your next chapter. We are honored to have been a place where your children learned, grew, laughed, and blossomed. We know they will continue to shine wherever they go, and they will always hold a special place in our hearts.

Congratulations to all of our students on a beautiful year filled with growth, learning, and memories we will cherish forever.