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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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Monthly Fine Motor Journals for Special Education Year Long Morning Work Centers
Need low-prep fine motor activities you can use every single day? These monthly fine motor journals give you ready-to-go morning work and centers that build essential skills all year long. Save time and build essential skills with these year-long fine motor journals, designed for autism and special education students. Each monthly journal includes 20+ hands-on activities that support fine motor development while keeping students engaged and independent. Perfect for: Morning work Centers In
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary
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
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
Dinosaur Play Dough Mats
Do your students need to work on their fine motor and instructions skills? Are you looking for engaging resources to add to your dinosaur activities? If so, these play dough mats are the perfect addition to your dinosaur activities. What's Included?11 dinosaur play dough mats.Dinosaurs Includedallosaurusankylosaurusbrachiosaurusplesiosaursaurolophus stegosauruspterodactyl triceratopstyrannosaurus rexvelociraptor ichthyosaurus InstructionsPrint out the play dough mats.Laminate each of the pla
PreK - 1st
Space WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Special Education WH Question Activities
Are you looking for engaging Space WH questions for speech therapy that capture your students’ attention and make language practice exciting? These Space WH Question Scenes are the perfect way to combine high-interest outer space visuals with structured WH question practice. Designed for speech-language pathologists, special education teachers, autism classrooms, and early intervention providers, this resource makes targeting WH questions both fun and effective. This pack includes 6 different
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Play Dough Mats for the Year Bundle | Play Dough Centers for Fine Motor Literacy
Make your play dough center engaging and skill-focused with this Play Dough Mats for the Year Bundle. This collection of hands-on play dough activities helps students practice a wide range of skills including fine motor development, letter formation, counting, shapes, and early literacy. These play dough mats for preschool, kindergarten, and special education allow students to learn through play while strengthening the small muscles in their hands. The mats encourage students to form letters,
PreK - K
Other (ELA), Reading, Vocabulary
Construction Classroom Decor Bundle | Editable Builder Theme, Bulletin Board
Create a fun, engaging construction-themed classroom your students will be excited to learn in every day. This classroom decor bundle gives you everything you need to design a cohesive, organized, and visually engaging space - without the overwhelm. Transform your classroom with this construction-themed classroom decor bundle, designed to create a space that feels engaging, organized, and student-friendly. With a wide range of editable resources, you can customize your classroom to fit your
PreK - 1st
For All Subjects, Other (Math), Vocabulary
Camping WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Special Education WH Questions
Are you looking for engaging Camping WH questions for speech therapy that make language practice fun and meaningful? These Camping WH Question Scenes are the perfect way to bring an outdoor adventure theme into your speech therapy sessions, special education classroom, or small group instruction. With visually engaging camping picture scenes and structured WH question practice, this resource helps students build essential comprehension and expressive language skills in an exciting, high-interes
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Fill the Parking Lot Activity | Visual Discrimination & Fine Motor Activity
Looking for a hands-on, visual transport theme activity that builds attention to detail, visual discrimination, and fine motor skills? This Fill the Parking Lot activity is a fun, low-prep resource perfect for special education classrooms, autism support settings, early years, and independent work stations. Students look closely at the parking lot task cards and use the included vehicle images to recreate the exact same parking lot layout on the main parking lot mat. This activity encourages c
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Other (Math)
Transport Color Sorting Activity | Vehicles Color Match | Preschool & Special Ed
Looking for a fun, hands-on way to practice color recognition and sorting skills? This Transport Color Sorting Activity is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and special education students. Students will sort and match transportation-themed pictures into the correct color categories, helping them build early learning skills in an engaging and visual way. What’s Included:11 color sorting pages11 matching transport picture sets (9 transport images per color)Transportation images include: car,
PreK - K
Math, Other (Math), Vocabulary
Movement Breaks Bundle for Special Education | Movement Break Cards Autism
Keep your students engaged, active, and ready to learn with this Movement Breaks Bundle for Special Education. These fun and engaging movement cards for the classroom help students release energy, improve focus, and return to learning feeling more regulated and ready to participate. Movement activities are especially helpful for students who benefit from frequent sensory input, physical activity, and structured opportunities to move throughout the school day. These movement break cards are per
PreK - 1st
For All Subjects, Reading, Vocabulary
Earth Day Fine Motor Activities for Special Education | No Prep Worksheets
Need quick, no-prep Earth Day activities your students will actually enjoy? These fine motor worksheets are perfect for building essential skills while keeping your students engaged in a fun seasonal theme. Make your Earth Day lessons simple and engaging with these fine motor worksheets, designed for autism and special education students. These no-prep activities give students meaningful opportunities to build fine motor and pre-writing skills while exploring an Earth Day theme. Perfect for:
PreK - K
English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Writing
Pet Activities for Special Education | Pet Thematic Unit Math & Literacy Centers
Looking for engaging pet activities for kindergarten and special education that include adapted books, math centers, literacy centers, and hands-on learning? This Pet Thematic Unit includes a variety of pet-themed activities designed for special education classrooms, autism support classrooms, resource rooms, and early elementary learners. Students will practice important literacy, math, fine motor, and social-emotional skills while learning about pets and how to care for animals. Perfect for
K - 1st
Numbers, Reading, Vocabulary
Sight Word Worksheets Bundle Sight Word Activities, Reading Passages & Highlight
Help your students build confidence with reading using this engaging Sight Word Worksheets Bundle. These sight word activities provide a fun and interactive way for students to practice recognizing and identifying high-frequency words within short reading passages. Students read each passage, then use the “find me” box to locate specific sight words and highlight them within the text. This approach helps strengthen word recognition, reading fluency, and attention to detail. These sight word
K - 1st
Reading, Reading Strategies, Vocabulary
CCSS
RF.K.1a
, RF.K.3c
, RF.K.4
Fine Motor Skills Worksheets for Special Education | Tracing & Pre-Writing
Are your students working on fine motor development and pre-writing skills? This Fine Motor Skills Worksheet Bundle includes themed, no-prep worksheets designed to strengthen pencil control, tracing, and early handwriting skills all year long. Perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, special education classrooms, and occupational therapy support, these worksheets help students build foundational fine motor skills in an engaging and structured way. What’s Included? This bundle includes themed
PreK - K
English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Summer Fine Motor Activities | Pre-Writing Tracing Worksheets for Preschool
Are you looking for fun and engaging summer fine motor activities to help your students strengthen their pre-writing and pencil control skills? These hands-on Summer Fine Motor Skills Worksheets are the perfect low prep addition to your summer classroom activities, occupational therapy sessions, centers, morning work, and special education instruction. Designed to support the development of important early learning skills, these summer-themed tracing worksheets help students practice a variety
PreK - K
Handwriting, Other (ELA), Writing
Also included in: Summer Activities Bundle for Special Education ESY, End of Year, No Prep
Toolbox Color Matching Task Box | Color Sorting & Visual Discrimination
Looking for a hands-on, engaging way to teach color matching and visual discrimination? This Toolbox Color Matching Task Box is a fun, functional activity that’s perfect for special education, autism classrooms, early years, and independent work stations. Students match colored tools to the correct toolbox by identifying and matching colors, then placing the tools inside the box. This activity encourages visual scanning, fine motor skills, and early sorting concepts in a clear, structured forma
PreK - K
Math, Other (Math)
Also included in: Construction Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
Bat Fine Motor Tracing Task Box | Pre-Writing Practice for Special Education
Get your students moving their pencils (or dry-wipe pens!) with this fun and engaging Bat Fine Motor Tracing Task Box! Designed to help build fine motor control, hand-eye coordination, and pre-writing skills, these bat-themed tracing cards are perfect for early learners, special education, and occupational therapy sessions. What’s Included: Task Box Cover66 Bat-Themed Tracing Cards.Each task card features adorable bat themed images with traceable lines. The lines vary in direction, curve,
PreK - 1st
Handwriting, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Construction Fine Motor Tracing Task Box | Pre-Writing for Special Education
Get your students moving their pencils (or dry-wipe pens!) with this fun and engaging Construction Fine Motor Tracing Task Box! Designed to help build fine motor control, hand-eye coordination, and pre-writing skills, these construction-themed tracing cards are perfect for early learners, special education, and occupational therapy sessions. What’s Included: Task Box Cover52 Construction-Themed Tracing Cards.Each task card features adorable construction themed images with traceable lines.
PreK - 1st
Handwriting, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Also included in: Construction Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
Summer Maze Worksheets | Fine Motor Visual Tracking & Problem Solving Activities
Are you looking for fun and engaging summer maze worksheets to keep your students practicing important developmental skills during the summer months? These hands-on maze activities are a great way for students to strengthen their fine motor skills, visual tracking, pencil control, and problem-solving abilities while enjoying fun summer-themed learning activities. With 15 different summer mazes included across 5 differentiated difficulty levels, this resource makes it easy to support a wide r
PreK - K
Handwriting, Other (ELA), Writing
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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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