I Can Try New Foods Social Story
- Grades
- Not Grade Specific
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Social Skills
- Topic
- Trying new foods, Food exposure
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
Social stories use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation however social stories can also be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event.
This social story is designed to help support children who are struggling with eating food and trying new foods. It refers to children taking a dislike to the color, smell or look of food and helps children to think about ways to overcome this by taking it slowly and gradually touching and smelling the food and bringing it close to their face before tasting it.
These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them.
Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students will identify a specific reason (color, smell, or appearance) that a new food feels difficult to try.
Students will follow a five-step gradual exposure sequence -- touch, smell, bring close, tongue-tip taste, small bite -- when approaching a new food.
Teaching tips
Read during a calm moment and invite the child to share sensory preferences.
Discuss one step at a time without requiring every step in one session.
Skills covered
Sensory tolerance building — moving through touch, smell, and proximity steps before tasting, to reduce the intensity of trying something unfamiliar.
Emotional naming — identifying specific reasons (color, smell, look) that make a new food feel hard to accept.
Sequential self-management — following an ordered, repeatable set of steps toward a goal instead of being asked to succeed all at once.
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Are different spelling versions included?
Yes. The story is supplied in American and British spelling versions.
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Core concepts
Gradual exposure
Food resistance
Self-management sequencing
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