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A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm and progress in reading.
The teacher reset: how our past can help educators recharge today
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 19/07/2025Feeling exhausted as the school year wraps up? From Victorian village schools to the neuroscience of social behaviour, this is for you if you've been carrying out tasks that might not even be part of your remit.
How rhythm shapes early learning: Understanding, language, focus and connection
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 16/05/2025A reflection on early development that explores how rhythm forms the foundation for learning — not just in music or movement, but in speech, attention and human connection. From birth, infants build social engagement through rhythmic interaction.
Working memory and rapid progress: from phonics to comprehension
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 19/04/2025Over the past 12 years, I’ve spent time in schools listening closely to pupils, collecting data, and noticing the quiet patterns that shape progress. This post reveals the trends that emerged over this time.
A meta analysis on the effects of musical training on speech perception
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 01/03/2025It is ten years since the publication of: ‘Does music training enhance literacy skills?’ The authors described a ‘rapidly accumulating body of evidence’ and listed reports of significant associations between musical training and language skills.
How rhythm defines
phonemic awareness
“It’s only an hour that they have with you 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.” Year 3 teacher
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