Sarah Gunning Moser

Owner, Family Education Services

 

Family Education Services exists to improve literacy through comprehensive  teaching of English. FES utilizes the integrated language arts program by Wanda Sanseri, Spell to Write and Read (SWR), based on over ten decades of scientific research on language acquisition. SWR incorporates all aspects of language arts including accurate phonetics and applied linguistics.

FES equips students or adults to read and write proficiently and love the magnificence, flexibility, and intricacy of the English language.

 

Photograph courtesy of Gregory Moser, © 2011

 

“RESTORING AMERICA’S LITERACY, ONE FAMILY AT A TIME” ©

Sarah Moser, Endorsed SWR Trainer

Sarah Gunning Moser, is a student of Wanda Sanseri, the author of Spell to Write and Read.  An Endorsed SWR Trainer in Washington State, Idaho, and Wyoming, Sarah has taught the program for over twenty three years.  Married for twenty-eight years, Sarah is a twenty-year homeschool veteran with two grown children and one grandchild.  She is an experienced classroom teacher, tutor, home educator, adult instructor, conference speaker, writer, and business owner. In the 1980s she worked in the aircraft industry as a manufacturing engineer, which further developed her skills in organization and administration.

Current Professional Work

Sarah works  to improve literacy for public, private, and homeschooled students, and adults. She tutors all grade levels and specializes in reading remediation for grades 3-12. She also teaches beginners PK-2. She works with students who are gifted, average, or who have been told they need Special Education. She offers diagnostic testing services, consultations, parent coaching, and Teacher In-Services at schools. She also works professionally in the Seattle area as a theatrical dresser.

Passion for the English Language

Her passion for the English language includes a strong desire to assist struggling adults with improving their utilization of English, be they ESL students, recent immigrants from other countries, or adults with low reading skills.  Her dream is to see America’s former literacy level restored, and introduce people to the richness and versatility of our language.

Higher Purposes

Sarah dedicates herself to the work of Christ in this hurting world, and hopes that through her teaching and encouragement others will improve their lives by developing literacy and a deep love of reading.

Sarah’s Blog

http://www.familyedservices.com/blog/

Columns include:

  • The Word Geek
  • SWR and You
  • Homeschooling Tips
  • Book Reviews

Book reviews for Thomas Nelson, Bethany House, WaterbrookMultnomah, BookCrash and other publishers

Blog Tour Reviewer Programs

Gilbert Morris Blog Tour (The River Rose)

Davis Bunn Blog Tour (Rare Earth and Hidden Dreams)

Janalyn Voigt’s Blog Tour (DawnSinger)

2013 Speaking Events

NCWA Annual Writers’ Renewal, Friday, May  17 & Saturday, May 18, 2013, 2:30 PM

Overlake Christian Church, 9900 Willows Road NE, Redmond, WA 98052, http://www.occ.org/

  • Meeting Devotional

Northwest Christian Writers’ Association, Monday, June 3, 2013, 7:00 PM, http://www.nwchristianwriters.org/

Northshore Baptist Church, 10301 NE 145th Street, Kirkland, WA  98034, info@nsb.org

  • My Work with the Civil War Pathways History Project – a brief overview of my volunteer work with this historic research project into Washington Territory’s involvement/attitudes before, during, and after the Civil War

Cascade Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, Red Lion Bellevue Inn, Bellevue, WA,

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 10:30 AM

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waccdar/meetings.htm

Recent Speaking Events

  • “Write Start” Guided Writing Exercise

Northwest Christian Writers’ Association, Monday, March 4, 2013, 7:00 PM, http://www.nwchristianwriters.org/

Northshore Baptist Church, 10301 NE 145th Street, Kirkland, WA  98034, info@nsb.org

  • “Wisely Choosing Words: Literacy for Fiction Writers”, NW Christian Fiction Writers, Everett, WA, September 17, 2012

Abundant Life Community Church, 3003 York Road, Everett, WA  98204, http://totallyforgiven.com/

  • “Literacy in a Christian Homeschool: What It Is and How to Get It”

REACH Bellevue, Monday, October 8, 2012

Crossroads Bible Church, 15815 Southeast 37th Street  Bellevue, WA 98006, http://www.cbcbellevue.com/

Recent Vendor Exhibit and Speeches:

Christian Family Home Educators Conference, Spokane Valley, WA, May 18 & 19, 2012

Washington Homeschool Organization’s Annual Homeschool Conference, Puyallup, WA, June 15-16, 2012

A Happy Home Podcast Guest Interviews, http://ahappyhomemedia.com/podcast-3/

  • So Our Children May Read, Interview with Keri Mae Lamar, Kingston, WA

http://ahappyhomemedia.com/?s=So+Our+Children+May+Read

  • Cursive First? And Is Teaching Latin a Fad?

http://ahappyhomemedia.com/?s=Latin

Publications and Writing Projects

Publications:

“Understanding Manna” article in inspirational book A New Song.

TO ORDER A COPY, CONTACT SARAH GUNNING MOSER at SarahGM917@gmail.com. $20.00

“Take a Mental Vacation: Write a Vocabulary Poem” article in Northwest Christian Author, Sept./Oct. 2011

“Christian, Cowgirl, and Costumer: Meet Lesley McDaniel” article in Northwest Christian Author, July/Aug. 2011

“The Love Languages of Home” guest blogger article The Spiritual Mom, February 2011, http://www.thespiritualmom.com/default.asp?id=10857&permid=1402

Awards

May 2013 WSSDAR Literacy Award for Outstanding Volunteer, Washington State

Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2011-2012, 11th Edition (publication in 2011)

Who’s Who in America – 2008, 62nd Edition

Who’s Who in the West – 1996-1997, 25th Edition (published 1995)

Who’s Who of American Women – 1993-1994, 18th Edition (published 1992)

Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America – 1993-1994, 4th Edition (published 1992)

Who’s Who of American Women – 1991-1992, 17th Edition (published 1991)

Who’s Who of American Women – 1989-1990, 16th Edition (published 1988)

Writing Projects

NONFICTION-

Future curriculum to work with Spell to Write and Read program to high school level

Ongoing blog articles on English words, etymology, homeschooling, teaching SWR:

 

FICTION -

First novel in what I hope will become a new mystery series!

Current Professional Memberships

Toastmasters International
Northwest Christian Writers’ Association

FaithWriters

Washington Homeschool Organization
MENSA

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

IATSE: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists & Allied Crafts
Theatrical Wardrobe Union, Local 887, Seattle, Washington