1- Purchase or make a small marble size bag that has a pull string for opening and closing.

2- Hold the bag open as kids enter the classroom or walk your classroom lines.

3- Invite kids to tell stories they want you to know about into the bag.

4- When all kids have entered the classroom or at the end of the day you can hold the bag to your ear to listen to the stories (usually takes about 15 seconds).

5- If some of the kids have a long story you can always have another child be responsible for holding up the bag and taking the messages.

6- The kids like to do this because of the funny faces I make listening to their stories as I hold the bag up to my ear.

– Gene