Families
Tel Aviv with kids
Gan and first-grade registration in Tel Aviv-Yafo runs once a year, from January to February, and must be repeated each year for gan. Most schools teach English from first grade, and the city says there is no English-Hebrew bilingual school in Tel Aviv. Children under 18 get into the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Eretz Israel Museum free.
Families
Start here
6 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Register in January
Online registration for gan and first grade opens in January. You need the arnona bill in your name and your Tel Aviv address on your ID.
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Choose a stream
Registration offers mamlachti (state) and mamlachti-dati (state-religious) streams, with up to two preferences.
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Ask for Hebrew support
Go to the principal at the start of the year to apply for olim support, and bring the teudat oleh when you register.
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Arriving mid-year?
Go to the Education Service Center (03-7244700) with passports, your rental contract and school records.
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Find a pediatrician
Choose a health fund with a clinic near home, and use the pediatric ER at Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital (Ichilov) in an emergency.
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Plan weekends
Yarkon Park boats and gardens, family beaches like Tel Baruch, and museums that are free for children.
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Guides
Read next
- Schools and gans in Tel AvivHow gan and school registration works in Tel Aviv-Yafo, when it opens, the papers olim need, Hebrew support, and the English-language options.
- Tel Aviv neighborhoods comparedHow Tel Aviv-Yafo's neighborhoods differ for newcomers: where English and French speakers and religious families settle, and what the sources say on rent.
- Health funds, doctors and urgent care in Tel AvivChoosing a kupat cholim in Tel Aviv, finding an English-speaking doctor, after-hours numbers, and how the Ichilov emergency room works.
- Things to do in Tel AvivMuseums with their hours and prices, the White City and free walking tours, Jaffa, Yarkon Park, and what works for kids in Tel Aviv-Yafo.
- Tel Aviv beachesTel Aviv-Yafo's 13 official beaches, lifeguard hours in winter and summer, the separate beach schedule, dog and accessible beaches, and the flags.
Good to know
Gan registration is not automatic; register again every year. The city runs Facebook groups for kindergarten, elementary and high school parents. Gordon beach has a playground. In January and February only three beaches have lifeguards.
Community groups
Where people talk
- 126 Ben Yehuda (North Central Synagogue) communityWebsite or forum · The North Central Synagogue
- Tel Aviv kindergarten parents (municipal)Facebook · Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, Education Administration
Day plans
Ready-made days
Source
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: education (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: kindergartens (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: elementary schools (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center: emergency medicine (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: family attractions (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art (opens in a new tab)
- Eretz Israel Museum (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: beaches (opens in a new tab)
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality: beaches (Hebrew) (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Tel Aviv from the sources above.