Eating Healthy Food Social Story Curriculum

Eating Healthy Food is an English social story about food groups and everyday meals and snacks. The materials pair first-person story text and a numbered recap with guidance on story reading, coloring-page activities and role play using today's five food groups.

Publisher identified in the materials: Special Learning.

Material context: The food groups follow USDA MyPlate: eggs and beans sit with protein foods, and milk, yogurt and cheese with dairy.

Eleven numbered story sections introduce the five food groups: grains, fruits, vegetables, protein foods and dairy. Examples include bread, pasta, cereal and rice; broccoli, green beans and peas; bananas, apples and oranges; beef, chicken, fish, eggs and beans; and milk, yogurt and cheese.

A numbered recap repeats the story's eleven statements. The accompanying instructional booklet describes reading the story together, sequencing colored story pages, reviewing social rule cards and acting out a story with dolls or figurines.

What is inside this resource?

• The book's five named food groups
• Examples from each of the five groups
• Meal and snack references
• Eleven-statement story recap
• Guide activities: story reading, page sequencing and role play

Material details: 4 PDF files, containing 83 pages in total including front matter. This is a digital download; purchase does not include printed copies.

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