Lindamood-Bell Tutoring

At Swan Learning Center, we are committed to using research-based methods that meet each student’s unique learning needs. One of the most powerful tools we use, particularly for students in second grade and above, is the Lindamood-Bell approach.

What Is Lindamood-Bell?

Lindamood-Bell is a language-based, multisensory, sequential, and structured learning program designed to strengthen the essential skills needed for fluent reading, writing, and comprehension. While Orton-Gillingham is highly effective for early readers (Kindergarten and 1st grade), focusing on phoneme development, Lindamood-Bell takes this further by addressing the cognitive application of those foundational skills.

It incorporates sight word development, spelling, oral reading, and writing, all vital for building reading fluency and automaticity. What makes Lindamood-Bell unique is its strong emphasis on visual teaching, where students are taught to create mental images of letters, sounds, and words to support stronger reading comprehension and retention.

A Multisensory, Kinesthetic, and Visual Approach

Lindamood-Bell engages all learning modalities, auditory, visual, and kinesthetic, to enhance students’ phonemic awareness. This integrated method helps develop decoding skills, vocabulary, spelling accuracy, writing ability, and oral reading fluency.

The visualization process is central to assisting students in internalizing what they read and spell by creating mental pictures, rather than relying on rote memorization or surface-level reading.

The Swan Learning Approach to Remediation

For students who need deep remediation, Swan Learning Center builds upon Lindamood-Bell strategies using a comprehensive teaching framework that includes:

• Language-Based Instruction
  We study and teach language through an understanding of its structure, the learning processes behind it, and how each student uniquely acquires language.
• Multisensory Techniques
  Every session incorporates movement, sound, and visual elements. Students read, spell, and write in tandem, reinforcing skills through multiple sensory channels.
• Structured, Sequential, and Cumulative Teaching
  Language elements are introduced in a logical order, starting with individual sounds and gradually building to complex syllables, roots, affixes, and sentence structures. Constant review ensures skills are mastered to the point of automaticity.
• Cognitive Emphasis
  Students are taught not only what to learn, but also how they learn. They explore the logic and patterns of the English language, gaining insights that help them become independent, confident readers and writers.
• Flexible, Diagnostic-Prescriptive Instruction
  Every student is different. Our instructors continually assess how students learn and adjust strategies accordingly to ensure meaningful progress.

Empowering Readers with the Right Tools

At Swan Learning Center, we find that Lindamood-Bell is especially effective for students in second grade and beyond who need a deeper cognitive approach to reading remediation. It extends beyond phonics to include the entire learning process, making reading and writing more accessible, meaningful, and lasting.

If your child is struggling with reading fluency, comprehension, or written expression, our Lindamood-Bell-based instruction can offer a path forward. Reach out to get started!