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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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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
Life Skills Adapted Binder for Special Education | Independent Work & Functional
Looking for a comprehensive, hands-on way to teach functional life skills in your special education classroom? This Life Skills Adapted Binder includes 26 real-world life skills activities designed to help students build independence, confidence, and practical daily living skills through structured, visual, and repeatable practice. Perfect for Special Education, Autism classrooms, life skills programs, and independent work, this binder supports students in learning skills they can actually us
PreK - 2nd
For All Subjects, Money Math, Other (ELA)
CCSS
RF.K.1a
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
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
Shark Number Recognition 0-50 | Math Shark Week Activities
This shark themed number game is a great way for students to work on their instructional skills, listening skills, and number recognition skills. This shark game will be a great way for you to celebrate shark week in your setting. Instructions:Print out the pages that you wish to useCut out the mouth of the shark and laminate the shark page so students can post through his mouth. Or cut out the shark on his own, cut out his mouth and then put onto a box so that students post the number throu
PreK - K
Math, Numbers
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
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
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
September Task Boxes for Special Education | Back to School Autism Work Tasks
Looking for hands-on September activities your students can complete independently?These September Task Boxes for Special Education provide engaging, structured work tasks that help students practice important academic and life skills while building independence. Perfect for special education classrooms, autism programs, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and early elementary students, these task boxes are designed for students who benefit from visual supports, hands-on learning, and structured work syste
PreK - K
Numbers, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary
Community Helpers Task Boxes | Independent Work for Special Education & Autism
These Community Helpers task boxes provide hands-on, independent work activities designed specifically for special education and autism classrooms. If you’re looking for engaging tasks that students can complete independently while working on a range of academic and functional skills, this resource is an ideal addition to your task box or work bin system Why Use Task Boxes?Task boxes help students: Build independencePractice skills through repetitionStay engaged with clear, structured tasksWork
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Math, Reading
Greater Than Less Than Math Shark Activities
Are your students struggling with their more than, equal to and less than skills? If so, this fun and hands-on shark activity is going to be perfect for your students to work on these important math skills. Your students will love working on each of the task cards and recognizing which shark they need to use; more than, equal to and less than.What's Included?24 Task Cards. (Numbers up to 10)Sharks in the form of; greater than, equal to and less than.How to UseStudents use their sharks to
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.C.6
Year-Long Adapted Binders Bundle | Independent Work for Special Education
Looking for engaging, hands-on adapted binders to use with your autism and special education students all year long? This Year-Long Adapted Binders Bundle includes 12 themed adapted work folders, one for each month of the school year. These adapted books are designed to support independent work, task boxes, and structured practice while covering a wide range of foundational academic, communication, and life skills. With predictable layouts and highly engaging themes, this bundle provides con
PreK - 1st
Money Math, Social Emotional Learning, Vocabulary
CCSS
K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
, K.CC.B.4
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Caterpillar Play Dough Patterns Task Box | Bugs and Insects Task Box
Do your students love working with play dough? Are they struggling with patterns? Then these caterpillar task cards are the perfect addition to your math and pattern activities. These are also great for learners who benefit from sensory learning activities. Your students will love working on their pattern, counting and fine motor skills with these caterpillar task cards. The task cards encourage students to use play dough - or other manipulatives - to build the caterpillar and follo
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Also included in: Bugs & Insects Task Boxes for Special Education | Autism Work Tasks
Number Matching Math Task Box for Special Education
Do you want to find an engaging and hands-on math task box for your special education students? Are your students struggling to match numbers? If so, this delivering mail number matching task box activity is perfect to add to your math centers. This activity includes numbers 0-20.Students will need to match the number on the letter to the number on the houses, and help the mail man to deliver his letters. You can print out multiple copies of the letters included if you want your students
PreK - K
Math, Numbers
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Christmas Counting Work Task Box for Special Education
Do you want an engaging task box activity to add to your math centers or Christmas activities? If so, this counting work task box is perfect for your special education classroom. Your students will have so much fun using pompoms or other manipulatives to place onto the Christmas trees to decorate them. The task cards contain a blank Christmas tree and a short instruction with symbol support. Students need to read - or be read - the instruction and then place that amount of decorations ont
PreK - K
Math
CCSS
K.CC.B.4
Also included in: 149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
Thanksgiving Activities Bundle for Special Education | Adapted Books, Task Cards
Are you looking for engaging, structured Thanksgiving activities designed specifically for special education and autism classrooms? This Thanksgiving Activities Bundle includes adapted books, task cards, math centers, literacy activities, WH questions, fine motor tasks, and vocabulary supports to help your students learn while celebrating Thanksgiving. Perfect for November centers, small group instruction, independent work systems, and themed classroom units. What’s Included? This bundle includ
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Numbers, Reading
3 Little Pigs Math Worksheets | Fairy Tale Math Activities for Kindergarten 1st
Make math fun and engaging with these hands-on 3 Little Pigs math worksheets! This fairy tale themed resource includes a variety of no prep math activities designed to help students practice important early math skills in an engaging and motivating way. With 22 different worksheets included, this pack is perfect for math centers, morning work, small groups, independent work, early finishers, homework, and special education classrooms. The fun 3 Little Pigs theme helps keep students interested
K - 1st
Math, Numbers, Other (Math)
Ocean Animals Color Matching Task Box Activities
Are you looking for a fun and hands-on activity to add to your preschool ocean animals theme? Or are you looking for an engaging work task box to add to your math centers? If so, this color matching ocean animals task box is the perfect addition to your classroom! Your students will love sorting the ocean animals into the following colors; OrangeBluePinkGreenRedYellowBlueBlackGray/GreyBrownWhitePurpleOcean Animals IncludedClownfishCrabFishJellyfishOctopusSeahorseSharkStudents need to iden
PreK - K
Math
Errorless Learning Numbers 0–10 Adapted Books | Counting & Number Recognition
Are you looking for errorless learning adapted books to help students develop number recognition and counting skills in a structured, supportive way? Do your students benefit from hands-on, visual learning that builds confidence and independence? These Numbers 0–10 Errorless Learning Adapted Books are designed specifically for autism and special education students who need clear expectations, repetition, and success-based activities. What’s Included This resource includes 11 individual errorl
PreK - 1st
Math, Numbers, Reading Strategies
Christmas Task Box for Special Education Color Matching
Are you looking for hands-on and engaging Christmas activities? Or do your students need to work on their color recognition skills? Do you want to target fine motor skills with a hands-on independent work task box? If so, this Rudolph Color Matching Task Box is perfect for your special education, autism and preschool students. Students have to find the pompom that is the same color as Rudolph's nose and place it on his nose. This task box will be a fun addition to your math centers, w
PreK - K
Math
Also included in: 149 Task Boxes for Special Education | Year Long Autism Work Box Bundle
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About the store
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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.'
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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