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When some children lose focus on reading (and what helps)

When some children lose focus on reading (and what helps)

When some children lose focus on reading (and what helps)Dr Marion Long
Published on: 11/10/2026

Why do some children lose their place or skip words when they read? What fading attention looks like, and how rhythm can help strengthen attention.

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A rhythmic view of reading: Designed to support lower-attaining readers with decoding and understanding what they read.

A rhythmic view of reading: Designed to support lower-attaining readers with decoding and understanding what they read.

A rhythmic view of reading: Designed to support lower-attaining readers with decoding and understanding what they read.Dr Marion Long
Published on: 04/10/2026

Some children decode accurately yet pretend to read. This post examines why reading stays word by word or misses the meaning, and how rhythm can help.

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Reading fluency is not speed: What the Reading Framework leaves out

Reading fluency is not speed: What the Reading Framework leaves out

Reading fluency is not speed: What the Reading Framework leaves outDr Marion Long
Published on: 20/09/2026

The Reading framework defines fluency as words read accurately per minute. This post offers a closer look at what sits between decoding and comprehension - and what matters most for lower-attaining readers.

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Are your baseline assessments showing you which children can decode words, but missing those who cannot yet read fluently enough to access learning?

Are your baseline assessments showing you which children can decode words, but missing those who cannot yet read fluently enough to access learning?

Are your baseline assessments showing you which children can decode words, but missing those who cannot yet read fluently enough to access learning?Dr Marion Long
Published on: 06/09/2026

Single word tests show which children decode accurately. Reading connected text aloud can show the extent to which a child can hold meaning across a sentence.

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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.” Year 3 teacher

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