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.
Learning to read is super easy with Tippie the elephant!
Level 6 focusses on diphthongs: those vowels in which there is a
noticeable sound change within the same syllable.
The stories include longer sentences and paragraphs. It introduces
new contextual vocabulary and has an emphasis on sight words with
complex spelling.
The next 10 Tippie adventures are proudly South African and build
on all the skills acquired in the previous levels. The text is supported
with modern and relevant illustrations to aid comprehension.
Additionally, the stories have been written to encourage reasoning
and problem solving, while enhancing the reader’s imagination and
critical thinking skills.