Recently, I have started a storytime at Indigo Books for children birth to six years old. Our first story together was Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman. For those of you who arent' familiar with the story...it's the retelling of a Jewish folktale. A boy recieves a blanket from his grandfather when he is born. Eventually, it starts to wear so grandpa fixes it by making it into a jacket. When the jacket gets worn it becomes a vest, then a tie, then a handkerchief, and finally a button…

These ideas on making do with what you have will help you get through life mothering with creativity during times of scarcity and worry. Some of the ideas your great grandmothers would recognize and others are thoughts are new ones or from your mother's generation. #frugalliving #savemoney

Something From Nothing is a wonderful story about a grandfather who makes his grandson, Josef, a blanket. As Josef grows and the blanket wears out, the grandfather recycles it, turning it into a jacket, a vest, a tie and, finally, a cloth-covered button. But when Joseph loses the button, even his grandfather cannot make something from…

Creating Something from Nothing... this is the power of your imagination. You already have all the ideas within you. The ideas that will change your life forever. Your creative contributions that will change the world exist within you now. You create something from Nothing every day that you wake up. I believe in your ideas! It's possible now to build things faster than ever before. Never give up on your dreams. Those thoughts are real. Thoughts Become Things. I'm making something fr...

4.15.16 -Mathematician reveals the fascinating story behind the number ZERO and how modern life couldn't function without it

Have you ever painted something or sculpted something from clay? That blank canvas offers a wealth of possibilities. That lump of clay can become anything you can imagine. In Everyday Easels, students of all ages have the opportunity to study more than 75 pieces of art—paintings, drawings, sculptures, monuments, and more—all of which began

Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something? Or thought about how we can weigh the earth? Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe? Uncover the mysteries of time, space and life on earth in this extraordinary book - a journey from the centre of the planet to the dawn of the dinosaurs, and everything in between. And discover our own incredible journey, from single cell to civilisation, including the brilliant (and sometimes very bizarre) scientists who helped us find out the…

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