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Welcome to Teaching Autism! Here you will find engaging, hands-on and differentiated activities that are used by thousands of students all around the world. From task boxes to adapted books and binders.. You’ll find resources that I’ve successfully used in over 10 years of my career.
Hi! I'm Nikki, an autism specialist with over 10 years of experience working with students aged 3-19. My passion for creating hands-on and engaging resources, as well as providing support to other educators all around the world is what led me to create 'Teaching Autism.'
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Conversation Starters Visuals Task Cards Social Skills
These conversation starters task cards are a fun and engaging way to encourage your students to start conversations, different ways to engage in a conversation and to improve their social skills. By having a variety of different prompt cards on hand you are encouraging your students to take part in conversations with others, but also providing them with the help/support that they may need to initiate conversations. This resource contains 104 different prompt cards to help and encourage stud
PreK - 2nd
Social Emotional Learning
Also included in: How to Set Up Your Autism Classroom | Autism Classroom Resources
Editable Phone Number Dialing Practice | Life Skills Task Boxes for Special Ed
Are you looking for engaging activities for your life skills activities? Do your students need to work on their phone number practice? If so, this task box is the perfect addition to your life skills lessons. What's Included?21 phone number cards.Phone with buttons to push.Empty phone number cards with numbers to match or for students to write in.Editable PDF (Open in Adobe PDF READER!) with different options where you can add images, text and phone numbers to personalize this task box to yo
K - 1st
Other (ELA), Other (Math), Reading
Community Helpers Matching Task Box
Do your students need to work on recognizing community helpers and the job roles that they play in our communities? If so, this community helpers matching task box is the perfect addition to your community helpers unit. With this task box students will be able to; Identify community helpers.Find the items that match the community helper.Opportunity to discuss different community helpers and the roles that they play in society.Opportunity to discuss why community helpers need these items for th
PreK - K
Classroom Community, English Language Arts
Sorting by Categories Rooms in the House | Category Sorting
Do your students need to work on their category sorting skills? Are you looking for hands-on category speech therapy activities to use with your students? If so, this rooms of the house category sorting activity is perfect to use with your students. What's Included?There are 8 different rooms included in this sorting activity. They include; BedroomBathroomDining roomGarageKitchenLiving roomOfficeYard.How to UsePrint out the sorting cards and object cards.Cut out and laminate all of the pie
PreK - 1st
Life Skills Task Box for Special Education, Grocery Shopping
Do you want to work on important life skills with your students? Are you looking for hands-on independent work tasks for your special education students? Or do you want your students to learn about going grocery shopping and how to follow a list? If so, this grocery shopping task box activity is perfect for your special education classroom. Students need to look at their shopping list, and find the groceries. Once they have found the groceries, they put them into their shopping cart.
PreK - 1st
Classroom Community
Life Skills Task Boxes for Special Education | Independent Living Activities
If you are building a life skills curriculum for your special education or autism classroom, this Life Skills Task Boxes Bundle gives you hands-on, structured, independent work tasks that target real-world functional skills your students need. The task boxes included in this bundle are;Clothing on the Washing Line - Following InstructionsGrocery ShoppingLife Skills Sentence MatchingPutting Away GroceriesRooms of a House SortingIdentifying Objects in Rooms of the HouseUS Money Shopping - FallBei
K - 1st
For All Subjects, Reading, Vocabulary
Snap Cube Pattern Cards | Fine Motor Task Box
Do your students need to work on their pattern skills? Do they need to work on their fine motor skills? Are you looking for engaging activities to add to your fine motor task boxes? If so, this snap cube pattern task box is the perfect addition to your math centers. What's Included?Cover for task box.30 task cards in a variety of difficulty levels.InstructionsPrint out all of the task cards.Cut out and laminate each of the task cards.Students use snap cubes to copy and continue the pattern s
PreK - K
Math
Fine Motor Skills Task Boxes | Fine Motor Activities for Special Education
Support your students’ development with these engaging Fine Motor Task Boxes for Special Education. This bundle includes a variety of hands-on fine motor activities designed to strengthen hand muscles, improve coordination, and support early academic skills. These fine motor task boxes are perfect for special education classrooms, autism classrooms, preschool programs, and kindergarten classrooms. Each task is designed to encourage independent work while helping students build essential fin
PreK - K
Geometry, Numbers, Vocabulary
Day and Night Sorting Task Cards
Do you want your students to work on identifying day and night activities? If so, these sorting task cards are the perfect addition to your lesson plans. Students will love how visual and engaging these task cards are. Students need to look at the image on the task card and answer the question with either day or night. You can provide your students with a clothing peg or dry-wipe pen for them to choose their answers on the task cards. InstructionsPrint the task cards.Cut out and laminate
PreK - 1st
Classroom Community
Fine Motor Skills Task Cards | Fine Motor Task Box for Special Education
Do your students need to work on their fine motor and pre-handwriting skills? If so, these fine motor skill task cards are perfect to use with your students. With 161 task cards included, your students will have plenty of opportunities to work on their pre-handwriting skills. These task cards feature a variety of images that students can trace over or within the lines, providing a fun and interactive way to develop essential motor skills. Developing fine motor skills is crucial for our stud
PreK - 1st
CVC Words Spelling Task Cards for Kindergarten
This resource contains 30 different CVC words spelling task cards. There are 6 task cards per vowel - a,e,i,o,u. Each task card contains an image and 3 boxes below for students to spell the different CVC words. Instructions Print the included task cardsCut out and laminate the task cardsProvide your students with a dry wipe pen, foam letters, magnetic letters etc for them to use to spell out the different CVC words on the bottom of the task cards in the space provided.Using magnetic or foam l
Kindergarten
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
CCSS
L.K.1a
Birthday Math Activity Counting Work Task Box for Special Education
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging work task boxes for your autism and special education students? Do you want your students to love working on their counting, color recognition and fine motor skills? Or are you looking for a sensory and hands-on activity to add to your math centers? If you say yes to any of those questions - this birthday math activity is the perfect addition to your task boxes. Your students will love working on their number, instruction, counting and f
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Build a Zoo Cage Task Box | Fine Motor & Following Directions Activity
Looking for a fun, hands-on way to boost fine motor skills and following directions in your special ed or early years classroom? This Build a Zoo Cage Task Box invites students to create animal cages using popsicle sticks, a perfect blend of creativity, structure, and skill-building! What’s Included: Task Box Cover 20 Build-a-Cage Animal Cards: Featuring popular zoo animals like the lion, giraffe, elephant, panda, snake, flamingo, crocodile, and more!Blank animal cards: Students can create the
PreK - K
Other (ELA), Other (Science), Vocabulary
Also included in: Zoo Task Boxes for Special Education | Growing Bundle of Task Boxes
149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
Are you constantly creating independent work for your special education students? Do you want a structured, year-long task box system that builds independence, reinforces IEP goals, and keeps students engaged all year? This Year Long Task Boxes Bundle for Special Education includes 149 hands-on task boxes covering math, literacy, life skills, fine motor, language, and functional skills. With a total value of over $260, this mega bundle gives you a complete independent work system for just $1
PreK - 1st
Numbers, Reading, Vocabulary
Play Dough Skills | Fine Motor Task Box
Do your students need to work on their fine motor skills? Do they love to use play dough? Are you looking for engaging activities to add to your fine motor task boxes? If so, this play dough task box is the perfect addition to your classroom. What's Included?Cover for task box.10 play dough skill task cards.InstructionsPrint out all of the task cards.Cut out and laminate each of the task cards.Students use play dough to form the different shapes on each of the task cards.Click below to find:
PreK - K
Following Instructions Task Box | Feeding Farm Animals
Are you looking for hands-on farm task boxes to use with your special education students? Do your students need to work on their instruction skills? If so, this feeding the farm animals task box is perfect for your students. Your students will love working on their instructional skills while also being able to work on their fine motor and life skills. Students need to follow the instructions on the task cards to feed different foods to the farm animals. Students will work on;Understanding
PreK - K
English Language Arts
Also included in: Farm Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
Following Instructions Task Cards, Feed the Monkey
Get your students working on their instruction skills with these fun and hands-on task cards. Students need to follow the instructions on each task card and feed the monkey the correct food. There are 47 task cards included and they come in 2 different types; Find the food to feed to the monkeyFeed the food to col. monkeyThese task cards are perfect for working on;Reading SkillsListening SkillsInstruction SkillsCountingColour Recognition / Color RecognitionFine Motor SkillsInstructionsPrin
PreK - K
Numbers
Rooms of a House Sorting Task Boxes Life Skills Categorizing Activity Special Ed
Are you looking for hands-on life skills activities to teach students about rooms of the house? Do your students need structured practice with categorizing and functional vocabulary? These Rooms of a House Sorting Task Cards help students identify everyday household items and sort them into the correct room, building real-world awareness and independence skills. Perfect for autism classrooms, life skills programs, and special education settings. What Students Practice: Categorizing skillsIdenti
PreK - 1st
For All Subjects, Other (ELA), Reading
Also included in: 149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
Camping Theme Activities, Counting Marshmallows Math Activity
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging camping theme activities for your classroom? Or are you looking for some fun counting work task boxes for your preschool, autism and special education students? Do you want your students to love working on their counting and fine motor skills? Or are you looking for a sensory and hands-on activity to add to your math centers? If you say yes to any of those questions - this camping theme math activity is the perfect addition to your task bo
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Also included in: Camping Task Boxes for Special Education | Summer Camping Centers
Fall Leaves Activities | 2D Shape Matching Task Box
Do your students need to work on their 2D shape recognition skills? Are you looking for independent work task boxes to add to your special education classroom? Or are you looking for some fun, educational fall leaves activities? If so, this 2D shape fall leaves task box activity is perfect for your math centers and special education classroom. The 2D shapes included are;CircleDiamondHeartHexagonOctagonOvalPentagonRectangleTrapezoidTriangleSquareStarInstructionsPrint out the included puzzle
PreK - K
Geometry, Math
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About the store
Experience
Welcome to Teaching Autism! Here you will find engaging, hands-on and differentiated activities that are used by thousands of students all around the world. From task boxes to adapted books and binders.. You’ll find resources that I’ve successfully used in over 10 years of my career.
Hi! I'm Nikki, an autism specialist with over 10 years of experience working with students aged 3-19. My passion for creating hands-on and engaging resources, as well as providing support to other educators all around the world is what led me to create 'Teaching Autism.'
Teaching style
Nikki has always been passionate about creating engaging, student-led learning opportunities that foster independence and confidence. Her focus is on helping each student reach their full potential in ways that align with their individual strengths, abilities, and needs.
A strong believer in "less stress, more success," Nikki founded Teaching Autism to share high-quality, ready-to-use resources designed to support educators while easing the day-to-day pressure.
Her creative and innovative teaching approach has earned her a stellar reputation with schools around the world. From hosting a pretend wedding in a real wedding venue to transforming classrooms into monthly crime scenes, Nikki brings a unique, imaginative twist to learning - making lessons not only educational, but truly unforgettable.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I’m proud to have been recognized for my dedication to the autism community and the work I do through Teaching Autism. I was honored to be a runner-up for an Autism Heroes Award in recognition of my commitment to supporting autistic students.
My website, TeachingAutism.co.uk, was named the #1 Best UK Autism Blog in 2018, and in 2019, Teaching Autism was a runner-up for the Online Social Network Award. That same year, I was also voted the 21st Best Autism Blog on the internet.
My own education history
On top of my educational qualifications, I have also received training in; Play, Sensology, Autism, What is Autism?, PECS, Google Classroom, First Aid, Epilepsy, Fire Safety, CPI, MAPA, Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, SEN: Autism, SEN: Behaviour, Non-Verbal Literacy, Non-Verbal Math, Rights Respecting Schools, Sensory Integration, Makaton, Food Hygiene, Numicon, Read Write Inc., Language Link, Manual Handling, Infant Links, Making Maths Fun, SIMS, Behaviour Watch, BookCreator, iPad, Touch Trust, Music Therapy, Sensology, Social Eyes, Early Intervention Behaviour Management for Teachers, Safeguarding, ELKLAN taster, SCERTS, ABA, Understanding Autism, along with attending regular conferences.
Additional biographical information
I share my knowledge, experience and training with the world through my;
- Blog; https://teachingautism.co.uk
- Podcast; https://www.learningwithnikki.com/podcasts/teaching-autism-and-special-education-by-nikki
- Online Training Course for Autism and Special Education Teachers; https://www.learningwithnikki.com/autism-classroom-training
- Monthly VIP Membership; https://www.learningwithnikki.com/monthly-membership-sales-page
- Task Box Library https://www.learningwithnikki.com/the-task-box-library
You can also view videos of my resources in action at my Youtube channel; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8jqVhrHKB3zMAlzOQSnnyA/videos?view_as=subscriber
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