How rhythm reached the children that conventional teaching could not.
Dr Marion LongPublished on: 31/05/2026
The story behind Rhythm for Reading: the 'football children', the vulnerable moment, and what changed.
Reading music
THE RHYTHM FOR READING ONLINE CPD BLOG
A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm & progress in reading.
Dr Marion Long
Reading Fluency: Why some children need more than phonics and what the research says
Dr Marion LongPublished on: 10/05/2026
When phonics isn't enough, rhythm fills the gap. The neuroscience, the evidence, and who it reaches.
Reading Fluency
Reading Fluency and Executive Function: Why Rhythm Fills the Gap the Reading Framework Misses
Dr Marion LongPublished on: 04/05/2026
Why rhythm builds what phonics can't: the inhibitory control that turns decoding into fluency.
Executive Functions
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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