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A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm and progress in reading.
Dancing with Ofsted: First encounters
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 04/09/2024I 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.
A Simple View of Reading - Musical notation
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 01/08/2024Discover 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.
Musical notation - is it too difficult?
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 01/07/2024Music 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.
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Discover how rhythm sharpens 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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