Children's Worksheets
YADOOTZ Emotional Literacy Tool
Check Your Temperature
Mark where you are on the thermometer:
1–3: Calm Zone
4–6: Middle Zone
7–10: Overwhelm Zone
Circle your number:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Where am I right now?
Write the number you circled and a few words about how you feel.
My number: ________
My feeling words: ___________________________________________
2. What made my temperature rise or fall?
Think about what happened, what you thought, or what you noticed in your body.
3. What tool can help me return to the Yard? Choose a tool from your Emotional Toolbox: • Breathing Tool • Grounding Tool • Movement Tool • Reset Step • Weather Report My tool: ________________________________________ 4. What happened after I used my tool? Did your number change? Did your body feel different? Key Reminder Your feelings aren’t wrong — they’re information. Your temperature tells the story.
3. What tool can help me return to the Yard? Choose a tool from your Emotional Toolbox: • Breathing Tool • Grounding Tool • Movement Tool • Reset Step • Weather Report My tool: ________________________________________ 4. What happened after I used my tool? Did your number change? Did your body feel different? Key Reminder Your feelings aren’t wrong — they’re information. Your temperature tells the story.
YADOOTZ FEELINGS THERMOMETER
YADOOTZ is an emotional literacy system that teaches people how to understand and use their feelings through a simple, color‑coded process. Each emotion is matched with a clear color, a doorway, and an easy‑to‑remember sequence of steps that guide you from overwhelm to clarity. The system helps children, teens, and adults quickly identify what they’re feeling, recognize what that feeling is trying to tell them, and choose the right “tool” to respond. With its visual design, memorable steps, and practical tools, YADOOTZ makes emotional understanding accessible, teachable, and part of everyday life.
Understanding Emotions Better
.“Each doorway—Flight, Fawn, Freeze, and Fight—is not a flaw but a function. They are the ways our emotions try to protect us. When we learn to recognize which doorway we’ve entered, we can choose how to walk back out.”
Building Emotional Resilience
adootz Therapy Adult Emotional‑Tool Chart Emotion Energy Primary Purpose How Adults Use This Tool Jealousy Desire Shows what you want Clarify goals, identify unmet needs, motivate growth Anger Protection Defends boundaries Speak up, set limits, correct unfairness Sadness Release Processes loss Slow down, grieve, reconnect, integrate change Fear Awareness Keeps you safe Assess risk, prepare, make protective choices Frustration Growth Signals learning edges Persist, problem‑solve, refine skills Embarrassment Humility Aligns behavior with values Repair, reflect, adjust social behavior Loneliness Connection Highlights relational needs Reach out, build community, seek belonging Overwhelm Capacity Protects from overload Pause, rest, prioritize, reduce demands Resentment Unspoken Truth Reveals unmet needs & over‑giving Renegotiate, communicate honestly, reset boundaries Guilt Alignment Corrects missteps Repair harm, realign with values Shame Identity Check Reveals core beliefs Challenge old narratives, seek belonging Anxiety Preparation Anticipates future possibilities Plan, organize, rehearse, create readiness Numbness Protection Temporary emotional insulation Stabilize, ground, re-enter slowly Hope Possibility Fuels resilience Imagine alternatives, take next steps Joy Expansion Builds vitality Connect, create, savor, engage fully
The Four Tools of Emotional Literacy
The YADOOTZ tools turn emotional awareness into action. The Pressure Gauge helps you notice when feelings start to build. The Release Rake clears what’s heavy, making space for calm. The Sorting Table invites reflection—deciding what to compost, keep, or toss. The Doorway Dot is the pause before choice, guiding you to step through the Doorway with awareness instead of reaction. Together, they form a simple, visual system for understanding and managing emotions with clarity and confidence.
THE FOUR TOOLS OF EMOTIONAL LITERACY for Adults
The Compost Bin, Keep Box, and Trash Can help you sort through emotions with clarity and intention. The Compost Bin holds what can be transformed—experiences that still have value once processed. The Keep Box protects the insights, truths, and memories worth carrying forward. The Trash Can is for what no longer serves you, giving permission to release emotional weight without guilt. Together, they turn emotional sorting into a simple, visual practice of growth, preservation, and letting go.
The YAZ Reset Step is a simple three‑part process that helps you pause and regain emotional clarity in the moment. Y — Yield invites you to stop the automatic reaction and create space. A — Acknowledge helps you name what you’re feeling and why it’s showing up. Z — Zone‑In guides you to choose your next move with intention instead of impulse. Together, Y‑A‑Z acts as a quick emotional reset—turning overwhelm into understanding and helping you respond with awareness, not reaction.