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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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Valentine’s Day Wh- Questions for Speech Therapy | Special Education
Looking for Valentine’s Day wh-questions for speech therapy that are engaging, visual, and easy to use? This Valentine’s Day speech and language resource helps students practice who, what, and where questions using fun, themed scenes that support comprehension, attention, and expressive language. Perfect for speech therapy, special education, early intervention, and language groups, this no-prep resource provides structured practice with built-in data tracking. What’s included This resource inc
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
Life Skills Activities for Special Education | Functional Daily Living Skills
Are you looking for functional, hands-on life skills activities that help students build real-world independence? This Life Skills Activities Bundle for Special Education includes engaging, differentiated activities that target money skills, shopping, daily living routines, and community-based learning. Perfect for autism classrooms, life skills programs, and special education settings, this bundle supports meaningful, functional skill development that students can apply in everyday life. What’
K - 3rd
Other (ELA), Reading, Vocabulary
Simplified Bible Stories Bundle | Bible Stories for Kids & Special Education
Introduce key Bible stories in a clear, engaging, and accessible way with this Simplified Bible Stories Bundle. These Bible stories for kids have been carefully adapted to support students who benefit from simplified language, visual structure, and step-by-step storytelling. This resource is ideal for special education classrooms, early childhood classrooms, and Religious Education lessons, helping students understand important stories while building listening, reading, and comprehension sk
PreK - 1st
Reading, Religion, Short Stories
WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Home Scenes | WHO WHAT WHERE | Special Ed
Looking for WH questions for speech therapy that keep students engaged while building question answering and comprehension skills? These home scene WH question activities are designed specifically for special education, autism support, and speech therapy sessions. Using clear, engaging household scenes, students answer who, what, and where questions with visual support to encourage understanding and independence. This resource is ideal for students who benefit from structured visuals, repea
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
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
Life Skills Adapted Books for Special Education Autism Functional Skills Bundle
Looking for a hands-on way to teach real-life skills your students actually need? These life skills adapted books help students build independence, confidence, and functional skills through structured, visual, and interactive learning. Teach essential everyday skills with this growing bundle of life skills adapted books, designed for autism and special education students. These adapted books provide structured, visual support to help students understand real-world concepts and build independ
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Reading, Vocabulary
Alphabet Snap Cubes Activity Mats for Special Education | Fine Motor Letter Mats
Looking for a hands-on way to build fine motor and letter recognition skills?These alphabet snap cube mats are a fun and engaging way for students to practice letters while strengthening fine motor skills. Build strong early literacy and fine motor skills with these alphabet snap cube activity mats, designed for autism and special education students. These hands-on activities allow students to form letters using snap cubes, making learning interactive, engaging, and meaningful. Perfect for:
PreK - K
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary
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
Math Mystery Picture Puzzles for Special Education | Color by Number Worksheets
Looking for no-prep math activities that keep your students engaged and focused? These math mystery picture worksheets combine color by number + problem solving to make math practice fun and motivating. Make math practice fun and engaging with these math mystery picture worksheets, designed for special education and early learners. Students solve problems and follow directions to reveal a hidden picture, keeping them motivated while building key math skills. Perfect for: Math centers Indepe
K - 1st
Math, Numbers
Ocean Animals Adapted Books for Special Education Bundle
Looking for engaging ocean activities that support real learning? These ocean adapted books help students build communication, vocabulary, and life skills through hands-on, visual learning. Dive into learning with these ocean-themed adapted books, designed for autism and special education students. This bundle includes a wide variety of interactive, visual activities to support communication, comprehension, and early academic skills. Perfect for: Literacy centers Independent work Task boxe
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary
Apple Activities Bundle Apple Unit, Fall Centers, Math & Literacy for Special Ed
Bring your fall lessons to life with this engaging Apple Activities Bundle. This resource includes a wide variety of apple themed math and literacy activities designed to help students practice important skills through hands-on learning. These apple unit activities are perfect for fall classrooms, special education classrooms, autism classrooms, preschool programs, and kindergarten classrooms. Students will love working with the fun apple theme while building key academic skills. What’s Incl
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Numbers, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Life Skills Social Narrative Stories for Special Education
Are you looking for social stories to teach daily living and life skills in your special education or autism classroom? This Life Skills Social Narrative Stories Bundle includes a wide range of structured, supportive social stories designed to help students understand routines, hygiene, safety, health, and social expectations. These social narratives can be used throughout the entire school year and are ideal for both classroom and home support. Social Stories Included This bundle includes soci
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Reading
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
Pirate WH Questions for Speech Therapy | Special Education WH Questions
Are you looking for engaging Pirate WH questions for speech therapy that capture your students’ imagination while building essential language skills? These Pirate WH Question Scenes are the perfect way to bring a high-interest theme into your speech therapy sessions, autism classroom, or special education small groups. Students explore detailed pirate picture scenes while practicing structured WH questions in a visually supported and motivating way. This pack includes 6 different pirate-themed
PreK - 1st
Other (ELA), Vocabulary
2D Shapes Pizza Adapted Books | Geometry for Special Education & Autism
These pizza themed 2D shapes adapted books provide a hands-on, visual way to support geometry and shape recognition for students in special education and autism classrooms. Using a simple pizza theme, students identify 2D shapes by matching symbols to pictures while completing structured, interactive tasks with Velcro. The predictable layout and visual supports make these adapted books ideal for learners who benefit from repetition and clear routines. This resource is perfect for pizza math ac
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Other (ELA), Other (Math)
CCSS
K.G.A.2
Construction Bricks Ten Frame Task Box | Counting to 10 Math Activity
Make math hands-on and engaging with this Construction Bricks Ten Frame Task Box! Perfect for early learners, preschool, kindergarten, and special education, this resource helps students practice counting, number recognition, and subitizing in a fun, construction-themed way. Students will look at each ten frame filled with colorful construction bricks and answer the question, "How many bricks are in the ten frame?" It’s the perfect activity for building number sense and fine motor skills whil
PreK - K
Geometry, Math, Numbers
Also included in: Construction Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
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
2D Shape Bat Adapted Books | Fall Adapted Books for Special Education
What shape is the bat? Are you looking for hands-on and engaging resources for your bat theme math activities? Do your students need to work on their shape recognition skills? Looking for an interactive and engaging resource for your students? Look no further than these bat theme adapted books! As an autism specialist, I understand that having the right tools is essential for our students' success. These 2 adapted books are the perfect addition to any bat, autumn / fall or Halloween themed ma
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Other (ELA), Vocabulary
CCSS
K.G.A.2
2D Shapes Leaf Adapted Books | Fall Geometry for Special Education & Autism
These leaf themed 2D shapes adapted books provide a hands-on, visual way to support geometry and shape recognition for students in special education and autism classrooms. Using a simple fall leaf theme, students identify 2D shapes by matching symbols to pictures while completing structured, interactive tasks with Velcro. The predictable layout and visual supports make these adapted books ideal for learners who benefit from repetition and clear routines. This resource is perfect for fall or au
PreK - 1st
Geometry, Other (ELA), Other (Math)
CCSS
K.G.A.2
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
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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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