GO ECO CHILD activities

Have you ever collected marbles? Have you ever wondered how to play?  Keep reading.

When I was a little child, I used to love playing marbles outdoors with my school friends and neighbours.  It was a lot of fun and we set up our own twist to the game.  The winner got to collect the loser’s marbles!!!  I loved it.  Keep reading to see how the game is normally played.

How to play Marble game?

Marbles are played from primary school years to teen years. Marbles help to improve social intelligence and social interaction because you need to play with more than 1 person.  It also increases team working skills. As children play marbles amongst each other, they learn to treat all players equally.  They learn to share yet have competitive fun.   Marbles are usually played outdoors.  

Playing outdoors helps to develop mathematical skills, and counting and sorting.  It also encourages creativity. Marble games also help to improve physical and psychological communication. Overall, relationship building is increased.  Also the marble game encourages children to be creative and imaginative.   This will help in later years as they start creating their own masterpieces.   

Let us see how to play this game:

What do you need? 

At Least 2 people.  The more people the more the fun!

Rules of the game.

1. Let the youngest play first.
2. Each person should have a shooter marble
3. At least a minimum of 13 marbles other than the shooter mable is needed

How to play this game:  The goal is to knock as many marbles as possible 

• Draw a big circle.  The circle should be large enough to place a minimum of 13 marbles in a cross formation.
• The player should place the shooter marble outside the circle and take the first shot.
• Push/ Flick the shooter marble into the centre of the circle.
• If a marble is hit (knocked), a point is scored.  
• Any marbles which are knocked out become the property of the shooter and score a point.  Yeah!!!
• The players continue playing until they miss hitting any of the marbles.
• If a shooter remains inside the ring, the shooter must take their next shot from that position.  They cannot move.
• If a shooter goes outside the ring, the shooter can position their marble anywhere outside the circle on their next turn.
• The game ends when all marbles are knocked out of the ring.
• The winner is the person who holds the highest number of points and knocks out all the most marbles out of the circle.