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A positive relationship exists between sensitivity to rhythm and progress in reading.
Rhythm, reading & transformation: Observing change in deep structures
By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 07/06/2025Improving children’s sensitivity to rhythm helps their focus, phonemic awareness, reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension. In this post, I reference rhythm as a natural aspect of our biology and using real examples, demonstrate the importance of making rhythm a priority for lower attaining readers.
Reading music
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.”
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