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Reading as a whole brain process: Insights from neuroscience

Reading as a whole brain process: Insights from neuroscience

Reading as a whole brain process: Insights from neuroscienceDr Marion Long
Published on: 17/11/2025

Discover what a new neuroscience meta-analysis reveals about the reading brain — from letters to extended text — and what this means for literacy leads.

Executive FunctionsReading comprehension
Reading Fluency: The Bridge to Comprehension

Reading Fluency: The Bridge to Comprehension

Reading Fluency: The Bridge to ComprehensionDr Marion Long
Published on: 25/08/2025

Discover how fluency, automaticity, and rhythm-based interventions unlock comprehension and transform reluctant readers — in just ten minutes a week.

Reading FluencyReading comprehension
Reading Comprehension, Executive Functions, and Rhythm-Based Learning: A New Frontier in Literacy

Reading Comprehension, Executive Functions, and Rhythm-Based Learning: A New Frontier in Literacy

Reading Comprehension, Executive Functions, and Rhythm-Based Learning: A New Frontier in LiteracyDr Marion Long
Published on: 17/08/2025

Explore how executive functions and rhythm-based learning can transform reading comprehension outcomes in schools. Evidence-based strategies for policymakers and teachers

Executive FunctionsReading comprehension
Let Them Catch You Reading - A Summer Story for Families

Let Them Catch You Reading - A Summer Story for Families

Let Them Catch You Reading - A Summer Story for FamiliesDr Marion Long
Published on: 03/08/2025

Join me if you are parent who wonders if summer reading has to be structured or managed. Library visits, bookshop adventures, or simply curling up with a book while your children play are powerful ways to build a reading culture at home.

Reading comprehension

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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