If they know the sounds, why doesn't their reading flow?
Children who know their sounds but don’t read fluently need more than phonics. Rhythm-based learning bridges the gap between decoding and fluency.

Children who know their sounds but don’t read fluently need more than phonics. Rhythm-based learning bridges the gap between decoding and fluency.

Reading fluency develops through stability, not speed. Discover how to protect fragile early gains and recognise progress before it becomes measurable.

Not all progress shows up in data. Discover the early signs of reading fluency and how anticipation and coherence shape comprehension.

Reading fluency is often reduced to accuracy and speed. This article explores fluency as a temporal process rooted in anticipation, rhythm, and cognitive coherence, and why performance alone is not enough.

“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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