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A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm and progress in reading.
How ten weeks transformed children's reading confidence (and their futures)
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 25/07/2025In just ten weeks, a group of KS2 children made up to two and a half years of progress in reading comprehension — but the biggest change wasn’t in the test scores.
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.
A joyful revolution: Using rhythm to reignite reading
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 11/07/2025As school exclusions in England rise to record highs—and screen addiction continues to fragment young minds—Rhythm for Reading offers a joyful, neuroscience-backed alternative that reconnects children to flow, focus, and fluency.
School Readiness: How early screen habits shape the youngest minds
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 04/07/2025This post is about screen addiction - with a special focus on school readiness Thousands of young children will be starting primary school in September. They were born into the post pandemic era when screens were an absolute lifeline.
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.”
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