While few would want to eat a grub, the thick worm-like larva of a ground-living beetle, this word for “food” came from the ...

The feature film premiering at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is another documentary Amy Herdy directed to ...

People with more knowledge tend to be better readers. That’s not proof that increasing knowledge improves reading. It could be that higher achieving kids like learning about the world and enjoy ...

Kindergarten is a big step for both child and parent. Taking a few strategic actions will help ease the transition and help you best prepare your preschooler for “the big K.”   1.

When they were babies and toddlers, it was a trend to teach sign language words to all babies, not just those with hearing or other impairments. Many people don’t know this, but ASL, or American Sign ...

Hospice social worker and grief counselor Sarah Kroenke knows the power of words to soothe a grieving heart. The Waconia author will sign her books, “Hope Heals: A Journal of Love, Loss and ...

Who doesn’t like a good story? For kindergarten students, hearing a good story helps develop an understanding of the sounds words and letters make, and adds another step toward a lifetime of literacy.

Jeurry, who is now 26 and was diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability after graduating high school, requested that his ...

My kindergarten grandson’s favorite number to express gigantic proportions is 139. “Grandmommy, I want you to stay 139 days ...

Hundreds of Wordle puzzles have passed since the game was first unleashed onto the world, and there's now a burgeoning repository of words that now cannot be used for any future Wordle puzzles. If you ...

All schools in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 will start two hours later on Thursday, Dec. 7, so teachers can be involved in professional development to boost student achievement. On late ...