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A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm and progress in reading.
Rhythm, reading & transformation: Observing change in deep structures
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 07/06/2025Improving children’s sensitivity to rhythm helps their focus, phonemic awareness, reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension. In this post, I reference rhythm as a natural aspect of our biology and using real examples, demonstrate the importance of making rhythm a priority for lower attaining readers.
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.
Narrowing the Gap: Catch-up or Catch-22?
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 26/02/2025Researchers 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.
Phonemes mixed with fluency and musical notes
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 26/11/2024In the Rhythm for Reading Programme, we introduce the names of musical notes through rapid responses and multi-sensory approaches. In this way, children experience that learning to read in a small group always feels immersive and playful.
How rhythm defines
phonemic awareness
“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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