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Blackjack is decidedly the most popular casino card game, and a very popular game in general. The excitement of beating the dealer, of hitting until you nearly bust and maybe getting that elusive blackjack. But of all the people who play blackjack, only very few actually follow a decent strategy. Most casual players simply let their feelings guide their play, which is often not at all to their advantage…  

Of course, being a casino game, blackjack is designed to make you lose money in the long run, and there is no easy strategy that will circumvent that simple fact. However, using mathematics and advanced probability theory, it is possible to deduce a full strategy that allows you to minimize your losses and even gain an edge over the house. Given a random distribution of the cards, the following basic strategy chart shows you what to do for every possible hand and facing every possible up card of the dealer. This way, you will always know what to do. 

Some of the recommended strategies may seem very unnatural and counterproductive. But remember: maths is your friend! This strategy is based on results in the long run, and will serve you well if you truly stick to it. From here, you can move on to learn the skills that will allow you not just to minimize losses but to gain an advantage over the house!

A Shape Matching Puzzle

To play this game with your toddler you will need to:

• Gather several small household items, examples are a jar lid, a comb, a plastic spoon, an old key, a clothes  peg and a unsharpened pencil.
• Arrange these items on top of a piece of cardboard.
• Spray paint the entire surface. Once the surface is dry remove the items.

Your toddler will then need to match each item onto the silhouette on the cardboard

Create Dolls From Pantyhose

To create dolls for your child from pantyhose you will need to:

• Cut off the legs of a pair of pantyhose creating strips that are about 18 inches long.
• Stuff the hose with polyester fibre fill and then tie a knot to close the hose.
• You can make multicultural dolls by using different colours of pantyhose.
• Use a rubber band to tie off the top section for a head.
• Draw facial features onto the doll with a permanent marker.
• You can also sew braids of yarn onto the doll for the hair.

These soft and cuddly dolls will be much loved by your baby or toddler. Toddlers will begin to talk and sing to their dolls which will help develop their language skills.

The Clothes peg Game

The clothes peg game is a colour classifying game. You can use these in conjunction with the tins from the nesting game.

Paint wooden clothes pegs the same colour as the painted tins that you used for the nesting game.

Your young baby will enjoy dropping the clothes pegs into the tins.

Older toddlers can drop the pegs into the correct coloured can or can clip the pegs around the rim of the can. This promotes motor skills.

Teach Your Child How to Nest and Stack Tins

You can sit with your child and teach him or her how to nest smaller cans inside the largest ones and if you turn the cans upside down and stack them to make a tower.

What you will need to do is:

• Gather several aluminium or tin cans of various diameters.
• With one end removed clean and soak off the labels of each can.
• Hammer down the edges until they are flat and are very smooth. Use cloth or a vinyl tape to cover the rims and edges.
• With the colourful tape make stripes around each of the cans, primary colours work well. This stimulates your child into wanting to play with them.

Making Your Child Building Blocks

Building blocks are a great way to construct and stimulate your child’s mind.

What you will to do is:

• Gather milk cartons in a variety of sizes.

• Wash and clean the cartons and then stuff them with newspaper.

• Fold and tape the open ends down so that you are creating a square and proceed to cover each block with adhesive contact paper.

This creates lightweight, surface washable blocks. Your little one can then build towers and create imaginary stories with them. As they are lightweight, there are no heavy blocks to fall on little toes.

Making Your Own Ker-Plunk Can

To make your own Ker-Plunk can you will need to:

• Collect several plastic milk-jug lids.
• Cut an X into the plastic lid of an empty coffee can.
• And decorate it as you desire. Using bright colours to decorate it will entice your baby and strengthen their vision as well as letting them differentiate between colours.

You and your baby or toddler can then take turns in pushing the plastic milk jug lids through the X. you should both always make the Ker Plunk sound as your child will enjoy making the musical sound. Once all the lids have been used, open and empty the can and start again.

Making a Homemade Book for Your Baby

Making baby toys is easy and wont cost a lot. You and your baby can then play together with one of your own creations.

To make a baby book:

• you will need to stitch together several zipper top sandwhich bags along the bottom edge.

• Cut cardboard that will fit inside the bags.

• To each piece of cardboard glue pictures either from magazines or personal photos. Then place each piece of cardboard inside a bag.

You can change these pictures as often as you like or write your own little story. Remember though to talk to your baby as you go through the pictures as this helps develop their language skills.