If you’ve held onto old marbles from childhood or stumbled across a dusty jar in the attic, you might be wondering if they’re worth anything. Not all old marbles have high value, but certain handmade, ...

Part of our NPR Ed series on why people play and how play relates to learning. For me, there was no other childhood experience that taught me more about math or about life than those shiny, wonderful, ...

Playing "for keeps" means that any competitor's marbles you knock out are added to your personal collection. Oddly enough, the origin of the phrase, "losing your marbles" can't definitively be traced ...

Part of our NPR Ed series on why people play and how play relates to learning. The game of marbles might seem simple, but behind it is an extensive vocabulary. "After you're in it for a little while, ...