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

Read to the Beat: The Summer Reading Challenge, and the rhythm inside reading

Dr Marion Long

Published on: 09/08/2026

Read to the Beat celebrates books about music. But there's a rhythm inside reading itself — and for children who aren't yet fluent, that's where the work begins.

Reading FluencyReading comprehension

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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