Hello, Hello, so happy to see you!

Ms. Julia Crawford engaging in the welcome song with children during a recent group.

The BuildaBridge Classroom model utilizes rituals, clear boundaries and structure to provide children a safe and creative space in which they can express themselves.

One of the rituals the Bhutanese children's group does at the beginning of each group is a Welcome Song. This ritual is predictable, and is done the same way each group. Children expect and rely on this ritual. It makes them feel safe. It gives them an opportunity to focus on a task and on the teamwork of singing together. This provides children an opportunity to focus on something immediately upon entering the group, putting aside anything else that may have been distracting from outside of the classroom.

Check out the video of children singing this song.

"Hello, hello, so happy to see you;

hello, hello, how do you do?;

Hello, hello, my name is Danielle;

Hello, hello and how about you?!"

See if you can sing along with the kids using the lyrics above!

Will you help us continue this ritual by considering an online donation to our Refugee Project?

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