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

Reading Fluency and Executive Function: Why Rhythm Fills the Gap the Reading Framework Misses

Dr Marion Long

Published 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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