Library · Trying a New Food
with the old food still on the plate.
A new thing on the plate, pushed to the edge so it does not touch the pasta. Vivi turns dinner into a narrated, animated story your child stars in: the familiar food stays, the new food sits on its own little plate, and your child decides how close to get.
Who it helps
For children who eat a short list of foods and panic when something new comes near it, including many autistic children and children with sensory differences. A social story like this shows them that trying can mean looking or touching, not only tasting.
Nothing in the story pushes a bite. There are no rewards, no counting bites, and no one feeding your child against their will.
Dinner
The family at the table, the usual food on the plate, and a small new piece on a separate plate.
Unsure
Your child does not want it close. That is fine; it stays on its own plate.
One step
Your child picks a step: look, touch, smell, or a tiny taste. Any one of them counts.
Done for today
Stopping whenever they want, finishing the familiar food, and maybe trying again another day.
Yours, not ours. These are the moments a story like this usually walks through. You choose what goes into your child's, and read every page before it is animated.
Questions parents ask
Before dinner on a day you plan to put something new on the table, and on a few days in between. Once a week is plenty; the story is about a habit, not a single meal.
Yes. Tell Vivi what your child always eats and what you want to introduce, and read every page before it is animated. Ask for changes in plain words.
Keep the safe food on the plate, put the new food separately, and let them choose how far to go. A social story with your child as the main character shows that sequence without pressure, so a new food becomes something they can explore at their own pace.
Your first story is free in your first 30 days. After that you buy credits: 3 for $9, 10 for $26 or 30 for $66. A story is 1 credit, and a Fully Animated story is 10 more. Your first routine, Choose-Along and plan are free, then 1 credit each. Bought credits never expire.
Your first story is free. Set up your child, start from Trying a New Food, and watch it together before bed.
Vivi Kids is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carol Gray or Team Social Stories.
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