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Ears, eyes & voices: Rhythm in early reading development

Ears, eyes & voices: Rhythm in early reading developmentBy: Dr Marion Long Published on: 27/02/2025

Early reading depends on efficient coordination between the ear and the eye for strong associations between letters and their sounds. Voices matter too, as poor oral language skills are a strong predictor of slower progress in literacy.

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Ears, eyes & voices: Rhythm in early reading development

Narrowing the Gap: Catch-up or Catch-22?

Narrowing the Gap: Catch-up or Catch-22?By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 26/02/2025

Researchers have found that the importance of motivation increases as the child’s perception of reading difficulty increases. The reverse is also true. This is why reading 'catch-up' can also feel as if it’s a catch-22 situation.

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Narrowing the Gap: Catch-up or Catch-22?

What can we do to support the development of reading fluency?

What can we do to support the development of reading fluency?By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 01/12/2024

Although the development of reading fluency is less well understood than are other aspects of reading, it can be assessed by tracking a child's engagement with the text, their expression, prosody, flow and understanding, week by week.

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What can we do to support the development of reading fluency?

Finding fluency: 'Place not Pace' in early reading

Finding fluency: 'Place not Pace' in early readingBy: Dr Marion Long Published on: 19/02/2024

A child builds a sense of mastery through repetition, reviewing and building familiarity with new words in their context (their place). This important sense of context, together with sensitivity to rhythm support the development of fluent reading.

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Finding fluency: 'Place not Pace' in early reading

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“It’s only an hour that they have with your over the time that you come in over the six weeks and for it to be able to make, for a lot of them, up to a year’s difference in their reading ability is quite amazing really.”

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