How does a blurt jar work?
Have someone's job be the Blurt Bean Manager. When you tell them to, they go get a handful of beans, hand each kid 1, and put the rest back in the jar. Every time you want to do a lesson, independent work time, read aloud, or any time you want them to be quiet, each kid gets 1 bean.
What is blurt Bean?
WeAreTeachers - "The Blurt Beans is a neat classroom management system that allows students to physically see the effects of their actions. Each day every student is given X number of beans. If they talk out of turn, you simply take away a bean.