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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Autism Awareness & Acceptance Activities | Autism Classroom Resources
Support your students in building understanding, empathy, and acceptance with this meaningful Autism Awareness and Acceptance Activities Bundle. This resource includes a variety of autism classroom activities designed to help students learn about autism in a respectful, neuro-affirming, and engaging way. These autism awareness activities are perfect for Autism Acceptance Month, World Autism Awareness Day, social-emotional learning lessons, and inclusive classroom discussions. Students will e
PreK - 1st
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Reading
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
Farm Fine Motor Skill Task Box | Build a Fence for the Farm Animals
Are your students struggling with their fine motor and instruction skills? Or are you looking for a fun and engaging farm themed activity to add to your fine motor centers? If so, this farm themed fine motor task box is perfect for your students. With 12 different task cards included, your students will have plenty of opportunity to work on their fine motor, counting and instruction skills. Your students will love working on their fine motor skills with these fun and engaging task car
PreK - K
English Language Arts
Also included in: Farm Task Boxes for Special Education | Bundle of Task Boxes
Errorless Learning Task Boxes | Task Boxes for Special Education
Are you looking for errorless learning task boxes? Do you need more errorless activities to use with your students? If so, these errorless learning task boxes are perfect to use with your students! What's Included?16 errorless learning task boxes; Animals in the OceanBuild a PizzaCandles on the CakeCounting BearsDonuts in the BoxFeeding the Cookie MonsterFill the Dog BowlThe Gingerbread Man's HomeIce-Cream ScoopsItems in the BathroomPutting Laundry in the Washing MachinePutting Money in the P
PreK - K
Vocabulary
Prepositions Adapted Books for Special Education
Your students will love working on their preposition skills with these hands-on and engaging adapted books. There are 3 different levels of adapted books included in this download and each one focuses on prepositions and sentence building skills. The prepositions included are; oninunderabovenext tobehindin front ofbetweenThe 3 levels of adapted books are as follows; Level 1 - insert the correct preposition symbol between the two symbols i.e 'Cat on table'Level 2 - insert the key symbols
PreK - 1st
CCSS
K.G.A.1
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
Letter Formation and Recognition | Fine Motor Task Box
Do your students need to work on their letter formation skills? Do they need to work on their upper and lower case alphabet recognition skills? Are you looking for engaging activities to add to your fine motor task boxes? If so, this task box is the perfect addition to your literacy centers. What's Included?Cover for task box.26 task cards - lowercase.26 task cards - uppercase.InstructionsPrint out all of the task cards.Cut out and laminate each of the task cards.Students use snap cubes to c
PreK - K
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
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
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
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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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