How to use these worksheets
Start with one worksheet that matches the learner's current routine or goal. Read the directions together, model one example, and allow supports such as verbal choices, pointing, writing assistance, real objects, or fewer questions at one time.
- Use the same worksheet more than once if repetition helps the skill stick.
- Connect the printed activity to real routines, places, objects, or conversations whenever possible.
- Adjust the support level instead of assuming the worksheet is too easy or too hard.
Teaching goals for this topic
These worksheets are meant to support practical instruction, not replace the judgment of the teacher, direct support professional, therapist, caregiver, or program staff member who knows the learner. The goal is to make the skill easier to introduce, repeat, and apply.
- Support conversations about food groups, nutrition labels, healthy choices, wellness words, and meal routines.
- Make health lessons practical by connecting them to familiar foods and daily decisions.
- Give learners a concrete way to compare options without judgment or shame.
Simple lesson plan idea
Use familiar foods whenever possible. Read the worksheet prompt, connect it to a meal or snack the learner knows, and talk about what makes a choice useful for the situation. Keep the focus on information and decision-making, not on perfect eating.
Ways to adapt the activity
For more support, sort foods into simple groups or use picture examples. For more challenge, compare nutrition labels, plan a balanced plate, or explain why one option may fit a goal better than another.
