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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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Free 2D Shape Sorting Cut and Paste Worksheets | Cut and Paste Activities
Are you looking for free cut and stick activities? Do your students need to work on identifying 2D shapes, especially in the world around them? If so, these free 2D shape cut and stick worksheets are the perfect addition to your math centers. These 2D shape worksheets are perfect for students who love to cut and paste. By using these worksheets with your students, you'll be providing them with the opportunity to explore real-life examples of geometric shapes, enhancing their ability to identify
PreK - K
Geometry, Math
CCSS
K.G.A.2
FREE Community Helpers Boom Cards Matching Activity for Special Education
Are you looking for a free, no prep digital activity to help students learn about community helpers and their jobs? These FREE Community Helpers Boom Cards are a simple and engaging way for students to practice matching tools and items to the correct community helper while building real world understanding. Perfect for special education, early learners, autism classrooms, speech therapy, and distance learning, this deck provides instant feedback and keeps students motivated and engaged. Wha
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
FREE Category Sorting Activities for Speech Therapy | Categorizing Activities
Do your students need extra practice with categorizing and vocabulary skills? These FREE Category Sorting Activities are a hands on way for students to practice sorting items into categories while building language, concept understanding, and visual discrimination skills. This resource is ideal for speech therapy sessions, special education classrooms, autism support, early intervention, and small group instruction. What Students Do Students will: Look at the category pageCut out the picture
PreK - K
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
FREE Earth Day Recycling Task Box | Recyclable vs Non Recyclable Sorting
Looking for free Earth Day activities that are hands on, engaging, and meaningful? This FREE Earth Day Recycling Task Box helps students learn the difference between recyclable and non recyclable items while building sorting, life skills, and environmental awareness. Perfect for special education, autism classrooms, life skills programs, and Earth Day lessons, this activity is simple to prep and easy for students to understand. What Students Do Students will:Look at each item cardDecide if t
PreK - K
English Language Arts, Environment, General Science
Good Manners Classroom Posters | Free Social Skills Visuals
These Good Manners classroom posters are a simple, visual way to support social skills, behavior expectations, and positive classroom routines. If you’re looking for an easy way to introduce or reinforce good manners, these posters provide clear, student-friendly reminders that can be displayed and referenced throughout the school day. What’s Included This free printable resource includes: 5 good manners postersEach poster features:A clear visualA simple reminder encouraging positive behavior
PreK - 1st
Character Education, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning
Free Graduation Crowns Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade | End of Year Dragon Craft
Are you looking for a fun and free graduation craft to celebrate the end of the school year? These graduation crowns are perfect for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students and make a memorable addition to your end of year activities. Students will love coloring and wearing their own crowns during graduation celebrations, making this a fun and engaging printable craft activity. What’s Included Printable graduation crowns (black & white) Ink-friendly design for easy printing Extend
K - 2nd
Classroom Community
Adapted Books for Special Education | Free Adapted Book
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your students? Do your students need to work on their movement and symbol recognition skills? If so, this adapted book is perfect to use with your special education and autism students. On each page of this adapted book, your students will be faced with an image of a person performing a movement. Students have to find the symbol for the movement that the child is doing. This is a great opportunity for students to work on their reading
PreK - 1st
Free Lemonade Tasting Activity Pack | Lemonade Theme Day Activities
Do you want to hold a lemonade tasting day with your students? Are you looking for FREE engaging and fun activities to add to your lemonade unit? If so, this free lemonade tasting activity pack is perfect to use with your students, especially as part of your lemonade theme day! What's Included?Lemonade RecipePink Lemonade RecipeLemonade Tasting Graphing Worksheet'Perfect Lemonade' Writing PromptLemonade & Strawberry Lemonade RecipesCome printed over 3 pages.Include visual ingredient list.In
K - 1st
English Language Arts, Math
Toilet Training Visual Poster | Free Visual Sequence for Autism
This Toilet Training Visual Poster provides a clear, step-by-step visual sequence to support students as they learn and follow the toilet routine. Toilet training can be a challenging and stressful skill for many students, especially those with autism or additional needs. Visual supports help reduce anxiety by showing exactly what to do and what comes next. How This Visual Helps This poster supports students by: Breaking the toilet routine into clear, manageable stepsReducing reliance on verb
PreK - 1st
Classroom Community, For All Subjects
Also included in: How to Set Up Your Autism Classroom | Autism Classroom Resources
Free Color Sorting Math Boom Cards
Do your students need to work on identifying colors? Are you looking for math boom cards to use with your students? If so, this free color sorting math Boom cards activity is perfect for your students. How to UseEach page has an empty jar, instruction and 12 different color teddies on it.Students need to find the teddy that matches the same color as the lid on the jar.Students click and drag the teddy into the jar and hit submit.If their answer is correct, students will hear a 'bing' noise an
PreK - K
Math
Five Senses Questions | Free Boom Cards
Do your students need to work on their five senses skills? Are you looking for online resources to use with your special education students for working on question and answering skills? Do your students love to use Boom cards? If so, this free five senses questions Boom deck is perfect to use for distance learning.How to UseEach page of the Boom deck contains a question, and image and 3 possible answers on the right.Students read - or be read - the sentence and matching questions.Students
PreK - K
Science
Free Ice Cream Color Matching Task Box | Preschool Math Centers & Fine Motor
Are you looking for fun and engaging ice cream math activities to use in your classroom? Need a hands-on way for students to practice color recognition, matching, and fine motor skills? This FREE Ice Cream Color Matching Task Box is the perfect addition to your preschool math centers, kindergarten activities, special education classrooms, and summer themed learning! Students will love matching the colorful ice cream scoops while building important early learning skills through hands-on play
PreK - K
Math, Vocabulary
Also included in: Ice-Cream Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
FREE Earth Day Prepositions Task Box | Spatial Concepts | Special Education
Looking for a FREE, hands-on Earth Day activity to teach prepositions and spatial concepts? This Earth Day Prepositions Task Box is perfect for helping students understand positional language in a fun, visual, and interactive way. Designed for special education, this activity supports language development, comprehension, and symbol recognition. What Students Will Do Students will: Look at the image Identify where the object is Match the correct preposition symbol This structured format su
PreK - K
Math, Other (Math), Vocabulary
Free Category Sorting for Speech Therapy | Special Education Distance Learning
Are you looking for engaging and interactive free online resources to use with your special education students? Do your students need to work on sorting categories? If so, this free category sorting Boom deck is perfect to use for distance learning.How to UseEach page of the Boom deck contains two categories and 8 images.Students need to click and drag the images into the correct category.Then, students press submit.If their answers are correct, students will receive a 'bing' noise and be t
PreK - K
Free Bat Activities | Color Matching Boom Cards
Do your students need to work on their color recognition skills? Are you looking for Halloween or bat themed math activities to use with your students? If so, this free bat themed color matching Boom cards activity is perfect for your students. How to UseEach page has an image of a bat and two color symbol answers for students to choose from.Students need to identify what color the bat is and then choose the matching color symbol choice underneath by clicking on it.If their answer is correct,
PreK - K
Also included in: Bat Activities Boom Cards Bundle | Halloween Distance Learning
Free 4th of July Worksheets | Patriotic Code Word Crackers | Summer Literacy
Are you looking for fun and engaging 4th of July worksheets to use with your students this summer? Need some low prep patriotic activities that are easy to print and use? Then these Code Word Cracker Worksheets are the perfect addition to your 4th of July literacy centers, morning work tubs, independent work activities, or summer school plans! These patriotic worksheets are designed to keep students engaged while practicing important literacy and visual discrimination skills in a fun and mo
K - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Writing
Also included in: 4th July Activity Bundle | Patriotic Activities
Free Fire Safety Puzzle | Stop, Drop, and Roll Activity
This Free Fire Safety Puzzle is a hands-on, visual way to teach students what to do if their clothes catch on fire. Using the familiar Stop, Drop, and Roll sequence, this activity helps students understand and remember the correct steps through a clear, visual format. How This Activity Helps This puzzle: Breaks down the fire safety routine into clear stepsSupports visual learnersReinforces safety skills through repetitionCan be used as both instruction and review It works well as an introduct
K - 1st
Classroom Community, For All Subjects
Also included in: Fire Safety Activities Bundle | Fire Safety Week
Free Counting to 10 Math Boom Cards
Do your students need to work on their counting and number recognition skills? Are you looking for free math boom cards to use with your students? If so, this counting stars math Boom cards activity is perfect for your students. See how I used this resource as part of my Zoom PJ Party Online Lesson by clicking here. How to UseEach page has a number of stars on it.Students need to count the stars and then click the answer out of 2 options.If their answer is correct, students will hear a 'bing'
PreK - K
Math, Numbers
FREE Earth Day Tally Marks Task Box | Counting 1–10 | Special Education
Looking for a FREE, hands-on Earth Day math activity your students will love? This Earth Day Tally Marks Task Box is perfect for helping students practice counting and number recognition in a fun, interactive way. It’s a great way to introduce or reinforce tally marks while keeping students engaged. What Students Will Do Students will: Look at the tally marks Count how many are shown Match them to the correct number This simple puzzle format supports independent learning and repetition. W
PreK - K
Numbers, Other (Math), Vocabulary
Build Your Own Custom Bundle of Teaching Autism Resources
Now you can build your own bundle of Teaching Autism resources! As a fellow special educator, I know that it is important to have the correct resources for your students that suit their needs, learning styles and ability levels. I also know that at times, there may be lots of resources you want to purchase that don't come in your typical bundle of resources because they're a range of ability levels, types of resources, themes etc. That's why I created this build your own bundle of Teaching Au
PreK - K
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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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