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A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm and progress in reading.
Our Lost Generation: 3 Phases of child addiction: A teacher's perspective
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 20/06/2025This post outlines the challenges of addiction in school children. I think our best course of action as educators is to really push hard for prevention and to circulate information that empowers parents.
Rhythm, reading and reciprocation: Why children need time and spaces to play
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 15/06/2025This post explores the important role of play in emotional development, social connection and classroom engagement and looks at rhythm through the lens of play.
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.
Rhythm, reading and connection: The prosocial effects of expression
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 31/05/2025What’s the answer when the pressure builds in June? For those fortunate enough to anticipate a restful August, the promise of space and quiet steadies the system. If there’s nothing in the diary, an unspoken unease lingers. Externally, the professional stance continues: curriculum goals, measurable outcomes, maintaining standards. Internally, the longing for steadiness calls quietly. Rhythm bridges that gap. No, it's not a change of direction, but a return to the quiet, steady pulse that brings connection back into the system.
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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