Free Printable I Can Try New Foods Worksheets for Special Education

Help children become more comfortable exploring unfamiliar foods and develop positive mealtime experiences with our free printable I Can Try New Foods worksheets, designed for children with autism, special education needs, and early learners. These visual learning worksheets introduce children to simple, gradual steps for exploring new foods without pressure. Through picture recognition, yes-or-no activities, cut-and-paste exercises, picture sequencing, word tracing, and drawing tasks, children can practice looking at, smelling, touching, and taking a tiny bite of unfamiliar foods. They also learn positive mealtime behaviors, such as looking at a new food first, communicating “No, thank you,” and expressing their preferences without throwing food or shouting. These printable food exploration worksheets are ideal for parents, special education teachers, occupational therapists, feeding therapists, and homeschool learning.

Our I Can Try New Foods worksheets for kids use simple visual instructions and hands-on activities to make food exploration easier to understand. Children practice putting the steps of trying a new food in order using First, Next, Then, and Last, retelling the experience, and tracing the sentence “I can try new foods.” They can also draw a new food they would like to explore and reflect on how they feel about trying unfamiliar foods. The activities encourage children to understand that looking, smelling, and touching a food all count as trying, and that they never have to be forced to take a bite. Download these free special education worksheets, autism worksheets, and food exploration activities to support food awareness, communication, confidence, flexibility, and positive mealtime experiences at home or in the classroom.

Free Printable I Can Try New Foods Worksheets PDF for Autism and Special Education