Marion County School District

Family Connection of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Education have launched a new program called Text 2 Read for parents of preschoolers. Text 2 Read  (T2R) is a free mobile information service. It offers parents ideas for no or low cost language and literacy activities to help foster literacy development and prepare their child for Kindergarten. Parents receive texts once a week at 3:00 each Friday. 

Parents can sign up by texting T2R to 734-5BOOK52 (734-526-6552) to receive free weekly text messages offering practical tips and activities to promote reading readiness.