What People Are Saying

  • Michael is a very friendly, approachable and non-judgmental teacher. He has a way to create a safe place where your thoughts and ideas are welcome and respected.

    — Torah Godly Play Training Participant

  • I appreciate the simplicity, tactile and calming aspects of the storytelling. I love the exploration and reflection pieces of the experience. The training led us through the process in a coherent way.

    — Torah Godly Play Training Participant

  • I truly enjoyed the flow and timing of the whole training. It is rare that I feel focused for an entire training and I had no trouble at all staying engaged in this one. There was just enough active work, observation, and presentation to keep the flow of learning constant. Content was amazing, and relevant.

    — Torah Godly Play Training Participant

  • Absolutely wonderful. Can’t think of a better way to spend a day of learning! Rabbi Shire has a special way of presenting. I felt like I was hanging on to every word.

    — Torah Godly Play Training Participant

  • I’m always looking for new ways to tell stories to young children. Torah Godly Play Training opened my eyes to a new way of storytelling and I will definitely implement it in my curriculum.

    — Torah Godly Play Training Participant

  • Thank you again for coming out to Los Angeles to teach us Torah Godly Play. I’m impressed by both the simplicity (sand, natural objects, storytelling) and the complexity and intentionality behind the methodology. It’s so much harder than it looks! I love that you engage kids’ natural sense of wonder and that where they are in the story might change at any given moment. Torah Godly Play is such a beautiful way of engaging with Torah. Thank you for your generosity of time and resources. You’re doing holy work.

    - Torah Godly Play Training Participant