Dr Marion LongI enjoyed meeting the Executive Head very much. We talked about the Rhythm for Reading programme - how it all began with a group of children who had free music lessons and free school meals. They had been showcased in the school's Ofsted inspection.
Dr Marion LongDiscover how to teach children to read simple musical notation using inclusive approaches. Conventional methods of teaching involve complex and confusable mnemonics; these methods work for some, but not all children. Here's an effective solution.
Dr Marion LongMusic and language are ‘hard-wired’ through evolution into our nervous system. Although reading is not 'hard-wired', we can learn to read music as well as words, and yet conventional methods of teaching reading suit some, but not all children.
“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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