Joan Moses
For over sixty-five years Joan has written poetry, song parodies, and served as a publicity person in social clubs, schools, and church. She published dozens of articles in local newspapers for public schools and Daughters of the American Revolution, and in national Maronite Catholic magazines. She has published seven books and earned numerable awards for her essays.
As volunteer Religious Education Coordinator for Maronite Christian Formation for over thirty-two years, Joan has researched and created fresh curriculum and written scripts, sewn costumes and designed props for Nativity, Lent, and other Bible-based presentations to be given by children from preschool through high school. Saints Special to the Hearts of Maronites is a compilation of her original religious education lessons.
After twenty-two years of raising her children and volunteering in private schools, she became a certified paraprofessional in a special education setting in public elementary schools. She served sixteen years as such and also facilitated mainstream students in storytelling, creative writing, and original poetry. She guided after-school presentations on constellations, ethnic folktales, and tropical rainforest. For three years, as Artist In Residence, she created a monthly presentation or literary creative project and worked with every first through third grade class in the building. Joan maintained her own Discovery Room for addressing behavioral needs, and small group classes. Joan wrote Service-Learning grants for school spirit activities. Why the Birch Is White is a Native American-style folktale.
As a mother of four daughters and grandmother of nine grandchildren, she was encouraged to write Roseville Girl, a memoir, and three children’s books: There Was an Old Lady Who Met a Ghost, There Was an Old Lady Who Met a Monster, and I’m a Creature of the Sea Come and Take a Look at Me, a curriculum presentation piece for primary grades.
Over fifteen years of retirement, Joan offered to visit schools and present to classes creative writing activities she developed as a paraprofessional plus providing “author visits.” Joan’s vast volunteer experiences in writing include facilitating the writing and illustrating of original stories with children, poetry, and leading personal and family history writing classes for adults in churches, Maple Grove Art Center, nursing homes, and with women in prison.
Joan was able to relate to women coming out of prison and to facilitate weekly writing groups with them for three years. Her life experiences as a young adult saw her survive manipulation, abuse, and loss. She told the women, “I know what it is like to lose everything and have to start over.” This usually opened the doors of communication and trust. Breaking the Cycle, Writings by Women In Prison, volumes 1 and 2 (to come) are collections of the over 170 women Joan challenged and facilitated for three years.
Joan is currently videotaping herself by reading books she authored and by others with permission for use by teachers in schools, home schools, and for distance-learning. These can be accessed by contacting Joan directly through mosespublishing.com.
To invite Joan to present classroom enhancements, for book signing and/or to speak at your special event, please fill out your information on the CONTACT PAGE. Thank you.
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As volunteer Religious Education Coordinator for Maronite Christian Formation for over thirty-two years, Joan has researched and created fresh curriculum and written scripts, sewn costumes and designed props for Nativity, Lent, and other Bible-based presentations to be given by children from preschool through high school. Saints Special to the Hearts of Maronites is a compilation of her original religious education lessons.
After twenty-two years of raising her children and volunteering in private schools, she became a certified paraprofessional in a special education setting in public elementary schools. She served sixteen years as such and also facilitated mainstream students in storytelling, creative writing, and original poetry. She guided after-school presentations on constellations, ethnic folktales, and tropical rainforest. For three years, as Artist In Residence, she created a monthly presentation or literary creative project and worked with every first through third grade class in the building. Joan maintained her own Discovery Room for addressing behavioral needs, and small group classes. Joan wrote Service-Learning grants for school spirit activities. Why the Birch Is White is a Native American-style folktale.
As a mother of four daughters and grandmother of nine grandchildren, she was encouraged to write Roseville Girl, a memoir, and three children’s books: There Was an Old Lady Who Met a Ghost, There Was an Old Lady Who Met a Monster, and I’m a Creature of the Sea Come and Take a Look at Me, a curriculum presentation piece for primary grades.
Over fifteen years of retirement, Joan offered to visit schools and present to classes creative writing activities she developed as a paraprofessional plus providing “author visits.” Joan’s vast volunteer experiences in writing include facilitating the writing and illustrating of original stories with children, poetry, and leading personal and family history writing classes for adults in churches, Maple Grove Art Center, nursing homes, and with women in prison.
Joan was able to relate to women coming out of prison and to facilitate weekly writing groups with them for three years. Her life experiences as a young adult saw her survive manipulation, abuse, and loss. She told the women, “I know what it is like to lose everything and have to start over.” This usually opened the doors of communication and trust. Breaking the Cycle, Writings by Women In Prison, volumes 1 and 2 (to come) are collections of the over 170 women Joan challenged and facilitated for three years.
Joan is currently videotaping herself by reading books she authored and by others with permission for use by teachers in schools, home schools, and for distance-learning. These can be accessed by contacting Joan directly through mosespublishing.com.
To invite Joan to present classroom enhancements, for book signing and/or to speak at your special event, please fill out your information on the CONTACT PAGE. Thank you.
To learn more about other Moses Publishing Company authors, please visit: