Sarah Gunning Moser
Owner, Lighthouse for Literacy, LLC
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Lighthouse for Literacy, LLC (formerly known as Family Education Services) exists to improve literacy through the comprehensive teaching of English. LFL/FES utilize 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.
LFL/FES equips students or adults to read and write proficiently and love the magnificence, flexibility, and intricacy of the English language.
“RESTORING AMERICA’S LITERACY, ONE STUDENT AT A TIME” ©
Sarah Gunning 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, Wyoming, and Colorado, Sarah has taught the program for nearly thirty years. Married for thirty-four years, Sarah is a twenty-year homeschool veteran with two grown children and three grandchildren. She is an experienced classroom teacher, tutor, home educator, adult instructor, conference speaker, writer, copyeditor 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 and as a freelance copyeditor.
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.
Patsy Mugg, SWR Endorsed Trainer
Patsy and husband Jim raised their four children on Wanda Sanseri’s Teaching Reading at Home, now SWR, in the 1990s and early 2000s. She returned to public education in 2008 as a sign language interpreter. During that time, she was given the opportunity to “try out” SWR with a small group of third-graders who were struggling to read. Their success inspired her to approach the local adult literacy council to offer to teach there.
Reading and confidence levels soared among the adult students with whom she worked. Soon after, she and a colleague were invited to bring SWR to an alternative high school in Wenatchee, WA, as the primary remedial reading program. Students saw academic gains of 1 to 4 years in as few as 10 weeks of instruction!
During those same years, Patsy was privileged to introduce SWR to a parent-partnered alternative learning school in the Wenatchee District. There, she used a cooperative approach to work with parents teaching SWR to K-8 students. She taught the main SWR concepts in the classroom, while parents provided daily instruction and reinforcement at home.
During the 25+ years Patsy has taught with SWR, she has found it useful at every level of age and ability. She currently trains classroom and homeschool teachers in WA, ID, MT, and CO.
Higher Purposes
Sarah and Patsy dedicate themselves to the work of Christ in this hurting world and hope that through their teaching and encouragement, others will improve their lives by developing literacy and a deep love of reading. They hope to inspire younger women in the pursuit of their dreams, the love of their families, and their spiritual growth in the context of Titus 2.
