Our Science of Reading family engagement offerings help schools build lasting partnerships with families to strengthen literacy across South Dakota. Through hands-on events and take-home kits, we make reading accessible, meaningful, and fun for every child and family.
Designed for schools implementing or expanding Science of Reading practices, these supports can be customized for preschool through high school.
The offerings below represent key areas of family engagement support available through our Science of Reading and literacy initiatives. Each area includes multiple support options that can be tailored to your school's goals and community needs.
Equip families with practical, ready-to-use tools that reinforce literacy learning beyond the classroom. From newsletters and media campaigns to take-home resources and family journals, these customizable materials help schools build shared understanding of evidence-based literacy practices in engaging and accessible ways.
Bring families, educators, and communities together through interactive literacy experiences designed to make learning meaningful and fun. These hands-on events help families understand how children learn to read while providing simple, practical strategies to support literacy at home.
Strengthen your school's capacity to engage families as partners in literacy learning. Through workshops, coaching, courses, and data-informed planning supports, we help educators build confidence, deepen family partnerships, and support successful implementation of literacy initiatives.
Keep families connected with ready-to-use communication options like social media campaigns, short videos, and weekly text or email tips. These tools make it easy to share Science of Reading strategies in engaging, accessible ways.
Provide families with simple, meaningful ways to support reading at home. Options include printable newsletters, magnets, posters, flashcards, and family literacy journals—all designed to reinforce the five pillars of reading through everyday routines and conversation.
Bring literacy learning home with interactive materials like early literacy kits, reading-themed backpack kits, and literacy field guides. Each take-home activity turns daily life into a hands-on opportunity for families to strengthen reading skills together.
Host engaging literacy events with ready-to-use toolkits such as Science of Reading Family Fun Nights or Early Literacy Fair. Each toolkit includes everything needed—station guides, promotional materials, and take-home activities—to make family engagement simple, impactful, and fun.
Customized services to help schools better understand family perspectives and improve literacy partnerships, including walk-throughs, surveys, coffee chats, and ambassador programs. These tools help schools create welcoming environments, gather meaningful feedback, and promote literacy through the Science of Reading.
BHSSC offers innovative training and engagement services that help educators and families work together to support student literacy. From online courses and DISC-informed professional development to Calm Kits and family-focused strategies, each offering is grounded in the Science of Reading and designed to strengthen communication, emotional readiness, and home-school collaboration.
This resource page brings together simple tips and trusted resources to make building literacy skills easy, meaningful, and fun - at home!
Our process is simple and collaborative, designed to make family engagement easy to plan, implement, and sustain.
Once your plan is set, our team brings it to life with hands-on guidance every step of the way. We provide materials, on-site or virtual facilitation, and tools to ensure each event or resource is easy to launch, organized, and meaningful for families and staff.
After implementation, we help schools reflect on outcomes, gather family feedback, and plan next steps. This continuous improvement approach ensures family engagement remains effective, sustainable, and connected to your school’s literacy goals.
Partner with CFS to strengthen literacy and build meaningful connections between families and schools. Through customized Science of Reading supports, we’ll help you create a community where families feel confident, engaged, and part of every child’s reading journey.
