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 3 is saamgestel as ’n hoofstukboek om die vaardighede wat in Leesboek 1 en 2 bekendgestel is, te versterk en tuis te bring en is ontwerp om woordeskat en begrip uit te brei, wat met ander Tippie-titels integreer. Dit word aanbeveel dat jy Leesboek 3 saam met Leer my lees Vlak 5 en 6 gebruik. Die stories bevat uitgebreide sinne en paragrawe en stel kontekstuele woordeskat bekend, met ’n fokus op ingewikkelde spelling. Dit ondersteun beide skool- en tuisonderrig, wat konsekwente en progressiewe vooruitgang in leesvaardighede verseker. Met ’n sistematiese en omvattende benadering is hierdie Leesboek ’n sleutel tot die bevordering van 'n lewenslange liefde vir lees.