Reinette Lombard has a Teaching and Honours Degree in Special needs education. Reinette specialised in Autism Spectrum Disorders and was mentored by Maggi Golding and subsequently became one of 12 Makaton tutors in SA, did TEACCH training with Maggi and worked and consulted for several NPO’s to create ASD specific teacher, therapist and parent training. Reinette worked in both public and private school’s as deputy principal, had a large remedial practise before taking a sabbatical to start a family. Reinette now owns and runs an educational consulting company that assists corporates to establish Specialised Educational services.
Together with Jose Palmer, they developed the acclaimed Tippie Learns to Read reading series and the Tippie Does Maths series for Grade R-3 learners and teachers. Tippie is a quadrilingual – speaking Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa and isiZulu! He can also do maths in both Afrikaans and English.
In close collaboration with Sally Goldman and Penny O’Toole, Reinette played a key role in shaping the Berlut Maths Grades 4-6 series. Sally and Penny developed the mathematical content, while Reinette conceptualised and structured the layout and directed the image selection and placement, establishing the series’ cohesive visual identity.
<p>Leer speel-speel saam met Tippie die olifant en ontdek basiesewiskunde beginsels in elke boekie.Die Tippie doen wiskunde Vlak R-reeks fokus op die boustene vanwiskundige geletterdheid en gee aan jong kinders die geleentheid omverskeie vaardighede te leer en toe te pas binne spesifieke Tippietemas.Konsepte ingesluit in hierdie reeks is, getalbegrip 1 - 10, vorms engrootte. Ruimte, meting, patrone, tyd en geld asook storiesomme.Titels in die Tippie doen wiskunde Vlak R-reeks:1. Ontdek in die huis2. Leer met vorms3. Speel op die plaas4. Leer met troeteldiere5. Ontdek op die strand6. Leer met my hande7. Ontdek met blomme en insekte8. Leer van rand en sent9. Ontdek in die tuin10. Leer speel-speel meer</p>