Eating Too Fast Social Story (Printable PDF)

Product description

From the author

Eating Too Fast Social Story uses illustrated first-person sentences to discuss eating pace and introduce possible routine prompts. Review it with the caregiver and adapt the discussion to the child’s eating support plan.

The twenty-page PDF includes eighteen story pages, a cover and credits. Pages can be placed in a display book or laminated and bound for repeated reading. Illustrations are credited to Kari Bolt. Follow the included use terms.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Understand why eating too quickly can cause physical discomfort
Apply concrete strategies to slow down the pace of eating

Teaching tips

Read at a calm time and discuss the child’s mealtime routine.
Focus on a strategy consistent with the child’s existing eating support plan.
Keep any existing eating support plan in charge of prompts. Do not turn the story’s chew-as-many-times-as-possible wording into an unlimited counting requirement, or promise that everyone will be happy with the child. Focus discussion on the child’s comfort and agreed routine.

Skills covered

Self-regulation around eating pace
Understanding cause and effect for a health-related behavior

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Is this a story or a worksheet?

It is a first-person social story (no questions or activities) that walks through why eating too fast can be uncomfortable and teaches four slow-eating strategies.