Eating in a Restaurant Social Story Curriculum

Eating in a Restaurant is an English, first-person social story following a table-service meal from receiving a menu to leaving after payment. It names drink and food ordering, saying thank you, activities while waiting and the bill, with an accompanying general instructional booklet.

Publisher identified in the materials: Special Learning.

Material context: The story assumes table service and spoken orders, explicitly asking the reader to speak loudly and look at the server.

The ten story sections follow the hostess bringing a menu, the server taking drink and food orders, the meal arriving and the bill being paid. Coloring, tic-tac-toe and word puzzles are mentioned as things to do while waiting.

A numbered recap repeats the restaurant sequence. The general instructional booklet describes shared story reading and role play with dolls or figurines, including acting out a story incorrectly and asking the learner to identify the error.

What is inside this resource?

• Seating and receiving a menu
• Ordering drinks and food; saying thank you
• Waiting activities named in the story
• Food arrival, the bill and leaving
• Numbered recap and guide role-play activities

Material details: 4 PDF files, containing 78 pages in total including front matter. This is a digital download; purchase does not include printed copies.

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