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Bob Collins

Hugs and high-fives: How kindergartners make their day

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In Birchwood, Wis., northwest of Barron and Rice Lake, the kids in Nicole Schlapper's kindergarten class start the day greeting one of their classmates. They get to pick how they want to do it -- hug, handshake, high five etc.

https://www.facebook.com/birchwoodschool/videos/258807151419121/

Schlapper's video has been a big hit on the intertubes. People want to be more like their inner kindergartner.

“So very often now in our society people are looking down all the time, and if you take the time to look at somebody - look at their face and give them a nice, kind greeting - you might just make their day,” Schlapper tells KARE 11's Boyd Huppert.

“I think some mornings for them at home might not be easy,” Schlapper said. “Maybe they don’t want a hug that day, maybe just a simple wave is all they need. We just want it to be a good, positive start to the day.”