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09/19/2026

We’re excited to share that Emily Hoffman, Director of Lindamood-Bell Academy and our Flagship Learning Center in San Luis Obispo, will be speaking at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce’s Good Morning SLO on September 24!

As Lindamood-Bell celebrates its 40th anniversary, Emily will share the story of how our company began right here in San Luis Obispo in 1986 and has grown to serve students and families across the country and around the world.

📅 September 24 | 7–9 a.m.
📍 Good Morning SLO

We’re proud of our San Luis Obispo roots and look forward to celebrating 40 years of changing lives through learning with our local community. Register:

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09/18/2026

🎉 40 Years of Changing Lives Through Learning

As we continue looking back at the milestones that have shaped Lindamood-Bell, we move into the early 1990s and an important step in our growth.

📍 1992: First Learning Center outside of San Luis Obispo opens in Sacramento, California

Six years after Lindamood-Bell was founded, we expanded beyond our San Luis Obispo roots with the opening of a Learning Center in Sacramento.

This milestone marked the beginning of Lindamood-Bell’s expansion into new communities, bringing our one-to-one, individualized approach to instruction to more students and families.

From one location in San Luis Obispo to Learning Centers across the country and beyond, our commitment to changing lives through learning has remained at the heart of what we do.

Follow along as we continue celebrating 40 years of changing lives through learning and sharing the milestones that brought us here.
Learn more:
https://lindamoodbell.com

09/11/2026

🎉 40 Years of Changing Lives Through Learning
As we continue looking back at the milestones that have shaped Lindamood-Bell, we’re returning to where it all began.

📖 1986: Nanci Bell publishes Visualizing and Verbalizing®

The same year Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes was founded, co-founder Nanci Bell published Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking®, introducing a groundbreaking method to develop concept imagery, the ability to create an imaged gestalt from language.

The program grew from Nanci’s work with students who could read words but struggled to understand, remember, and think critically about what they read. She recognized that these students often had difficulty creating mental imagery for language, an underlying sensory-cognitive function important for comprehension.

Visualizing and Verbalizing® remains central to our approach to developing language comprehension and higher-order thinking skills.

Follow along as we continue celebrating 40 years of changing lives through learning and sharing the milestones that brought us here. Learn more: https://lindamoodbell.com/

09/11/2026

Join Us at The Reading League Conference 2026 in Chicago!
We’re proud to be a sponsor this year, supporting a gathering of educators, researchers, school leaders, and literacy advocates committed to improving reading outcomes for every student.

Stop by our booth and say hello! We love to connect with fellow educators, exchange ideas about evidence-based reading instruction, and share how Lindamood-Bell professional development supports phonemic awareness, decoding, word recognition, fluency, and comprehension.
📍 Chicago, IL
📅 September 30–October 2, 2026

We look forward to seeing you there!
https://www.thereadingleague.org/conference/

09/10/2026

🎧 New Podcast Episode!

Lindamood-Bell for Schools Director of Development Dave Kiyvyra speaks with Winifred Winston and LeDerick Horne from the Black and Dyslexic podcast about the dyslexia identification and support gap.

They explore disparities in dyslexia identification, limited access to effective reading instruction in many communities, and the challenges families face in understanding and securing the support their children need.

Listen and subscribe at the link: https://bit.ly/4A687Ab

09/10/2026

The Reading Wars Must End Part 3 | Lindamood-Bell

In Part 3 of our four-part series, Lindamood-Bell co-founder Nanci Bell explores the interplay of reading skills and their impact on pacing and independence.

How do auditory word attack, visual word recognition, contextual reading, fluency, and comprehension work together as reading develops?

Watch Part 3, and follow us for the final clip in The Reading Wars Must End series.
Learn more: https://lindamoodbell.com/

09/10/2026

📚 When should kids start reading?

Our latest blog article explores typical reading milestones, signs of readiness, the foundational skills that support reading and comprehension, and when additional support may be helpful.

👉 Read “When Should Kids Start Reading? Age Guidelines, Readiness Signs, and How to Help.”

In this guide, we'll explore typical reading milestones, signs of reading readiness, and ways families and educators can support reading development while

09/09/2026

🎉 40 Years of Changing Lives Through Learning

This year marks a very special milestone for Lindamood-Bell: 40 years!
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking back at some of the milestones that have shaped our story. From our beginnings in 1986 to the work we do today, there is so much to celebrate.

And where better to begin than at the beginning?

📷 1986: Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes is founded.

Pat Lindamood and Nanci Bell co-founded Lindamood-Bell with a shared belief that all students can be taught to read to their potential. From the beginning, our approach was grounded in the understanding that reading is a sensory-cognitive process and that the underlying skills can be developed.

What began 40 years ago has grown into a journey we’re excited to revisit and share with you.

Follow along as we celebrate 40 years of changing lives through learning and look back at the milestones that brought us here.

Learn more: https://lindamoodbell.com

09/08/2026

The Reading Wars Must End Part 2 | Lindamood-Bell

We’re continuing our four-part video series from a recent presentation by Lindamood-Bell co-founder Nanci Bell, author of Seeing Stars® and Visualizing and Verbalizing®.

In this second clip, Nanci explores the role of symbol imagery (SI) in the component skills involved in reading and discusses the SI Test as a predictor of reading skill.

How does the ability to visualize letters and words connect to reading development? And where does symbol imagery fit alongside skills such as phonemic awareness and decoding?

Watch Part 2 to learn more, and follow us for the remaining clips in The Reading Wars Must End series.

Learn more about Lindamood-Bell’s approach to reading and comprehension instruction: https://lindamoodbell.com/

09/03/2026

We’re sharing a four-part video series from a recent presentation by Lindamood-Bell co-founder Nanci Bell, author of Seeing Stars® and Visualizing and Verbalizing®.

The Reading Wars Must End is especially timely as educators continue to navigate different approaches to reading instruction and questions about how students learn to read.

In this first clip, “The Interplay of Reading,” Nanci looks at the history of the “reading wars,” including synthetic and analytic phonics, and the processes that work together in skilled reading.

This is the first of four clips we’ll be sharing. Follow us to catch the rest of the series.

In the meantime, learn more about Lindamood-Bell’s approach to reading and comprehension instruction: https://lindamoodbell.com/

02/01/2025

📚 In light of the recent NAEP findings, addressing the root causes of reading struggles is more critical than ever.
Parents and educators looking for an evidence-based approach that yields real, measurable results can turn to Lindamood-Bell to help students learn to read and comprehend to their potential.

Our Impact:
✔️ 85,000+ teachers trained in sensory-cognitive instruction
✔️135+ school systems with comprehensive literacy partnerships
✔️68,000+ students received intensive intervention for reading disabilities
✔️Educators from all 50 U.S. states and 75 countries trained in our methodology

👉 https://bit.ly/4hDUmyL

01/22/2023

Wishing everyone celebrating the Lunar New Year a healthy, safe, and happy Year of the Rabbit!
Join us in learning about and the traditions that make it unique. National Geographic Education has resources for grades 3-12.

Learn a little about the festivities, food, calendars, and colors of the Lunar New Year.

01/13/2023

Here’s to sharing the magic of learning every day. 💫

12/23/2022

Lindamood-Bell Academy helps every student learn to their potential!
✅ Evidence-based programs
✅ Standards-based curriculum
✅ In-person and live online
We welcome new students year-round—get started at the link! https://bit.ly/3vea8KE

12/23/2022

Happy Holidays from Lindamood-Bell!
✨May the magic of the season fill your home with warmth and your heart with peace, laughter, and love.✨

12/22/2022

New Podcast Episode!
We're joined by Saskia Hostetler Lippy, M.D., a psychiatrist and education advocate whose child received instruction at our learning center. She provides unique insight into the entire Lindamood-Bell experience. Listen and subscribe at the link. https://bit.ly/3FSesnw

12/21/2022

Watch this family’s entire testimonial at the link!
Learn about how our evidence-based instruction helps students get back on track—no matter their age or struggle.

A mom describes describe how Lindamood-Bell instruction improved their daughter’s language and literacy skills. Academic work became easier, and she has