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.
Lees is pret met Tippie die Olifant!
Leesboek 1 is saamgestel met 12 dekodeerbare stories wat fokus op klankontwikkeling, die koppeling van klanke en letters, sowel as die bou van sukses en selfvertroue in lees met begrip en die verhoging van vloeiendheid. Hierdie leesboek integreer naatloos met die ander Tippie-titels, en dit word aanbeveel dat jy Leesboek 1 saam met Leer my lees Vlak 1 en 2 gebruik. Dit ondersteun beide skool- en tuisonderrig, wat 'n konsekwente begin vir jou kind se leesreis verseker. Met 'n sistematiese en omvattende benadering is Leesboek 1 noodsaaklik vir die bevordering van vroeë leesvaardighede en ’n lewenslange liefde vir boeke.