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A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm and progress in reading.

Multi-tasking: Rapid progress from phonics to comprehension

Multi-tasking: Rapid progress from phonics to comprehensionBy: Dr Marion Long Published on: 11/04/2025

Discover the quiet gap between decoding and understanding—and why rhythm is the key to bridging it. Although fluent reading is essential to unlocking reading comprehension, multi-tasking develops sensitivity to rhythm across multiple brain systems.

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Multi-tasking: Rapid progress from phonics to comprehension

Releasing resistance when they are reluctant to read

Releasing resistance when they are reluctant to readBy: Dr Marion Long Published on: 26/02/2025

In terms of teaching children to read, we must ensure that they are able to move past their resistance and reluctance to read. Early intervention is critical because children can only access the curriculum if they are reading well.

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Releasing resistance when they are reluctant to read

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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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