The Milk Cap Game is an activity in JumpStart 1st Grade (1995). It is accessed by clicking on a student playing with milk caps on the playground. It teaches math, reading, time, and nature skills for first graders.
Characters[]
Description[]
In the Milk Cap Game, The player and a student take turns hitting a stack of milk caps with a slammer. The player gets to answer one question for cap that lands face up during their turn.
The caps have four appearances, and they correlate to the four skill categories in the game: math (green), reading (red), time (yellow), and nature (blue). When the player clicks on a cap that they have turned over, they will have to answer a question from the cap's skill category. The player earns ten points for each correct answer.
Any caps that were not turned over put back in the stack. The activity ends when all of caps in the stack have been turned over.
Math and reading are colored in Christmas. Time and nature are colored in UCLA.
This activity doesn't have adjustable difficulty levels.
Digital manual description[]
You can earn points toward milk caps very quickly by playing the Milk Cap Game. Play it by clicking on the kids who are playing with milk caps.
Click on the stack of milk caps. Some or all of the caps will flip over and be face up, showing the category of cap they represent.
Click on one of the milk caps that are flipped over. Mrs. Flores will ask you a question from that educational area (math, reading, time, nature). If you answer it correctly, you'll earn 10 points toward that type of milk cap.
To return to the playground, click on the Red Arrow in the upper, left corner.
To see how close you are to earning another milk cap, click on the picture of the Milk Cap Mouse in the upper, left corner of the screen.
Trivia[]
- This activity is based on a real-life game called Milk Caps (also sometimes called Pogs). Traditionally the game would only involve players slamming a stack of caps and collecting face-up caps. This activity puts an educational twist on the premise.
- This activity is unlocked after having at least one milk cap.