In VV2 is there a drum or other device to call all the children together, i.e. the school drum in VV1? They kind of get lost in the crowd when you get a big village and I still have some collectibles to get

Nope. But you can put an adult villager on a child, and all the children will listen to a story. Or, you can put an adept parent on a child, and they will gather up, and attend lessons. But they don't learn anything.

thanks charley

When you put a parent on the kids and they teach then all the kids run over, but i noticed when an adult is telling a story not all of them come, sometimes less then half.