Give them a hand! Share your High Five and support our #5for5 campaign

Fact alert –聽90% of your brain is developed by the time you国产视频檙e five!聽While you国产视频檙e still scared of the dark, your first few years of playing peek-a-boo and laughing are actually setting you up for the rest of your life.

Thousands of 国产视频 supporters have already signed up to support our #5for5 campaign for early childhood development. In 2017, we can transform how the world thinks about the first five years of life.

So today we’re asking you to聽stand up for those who haven国产视频檛 mastered standing up yet – and be part of a global high five to pressure governments to start investing more in giving every child the best start in life.

To get you in the mood, we’ve got a聽fun guide to the high five below.

But first … click on this video to see how you can get involved.

Our #5for5 campaign is back tomorrow. It国产视频檚 time to stand up for those who haven国产视频檛 mastered standing. Get those high-fiving hands ready! pic.twitter.com/h1erWzGG1J

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The #5for5 campaign is about making sure聽all children have access to quality care including nutrition, health, learning, play and protection. It urges聽world leaders to commit to a dramatic increase in funding and take action to support early childhood development programmes to make sure all children get the best start in life.

Our high five call to action聽today is about spreading the word.聽If we want to raise kids up, we need to start by raising awareness.

Even young children know how to high five. See what we mean?

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A couple of American sports are battling it out for the glory of the first high five. Baseball and basketball both聽claim they invented聽the iconic greeting.

Many people believe the first high five took place on October 2, 1977, in Dodger Stadium between Glenn Burke and Dusty Baker of the Los Angeles Dodgers.聽

Dusty hit a home run that made them the first team in baseball history to have four players with at least 30 home runs.

Glenn聽raised his hand triumphantly in the air toward Dusty, who returned the gesture and they smacked hands. “It seemed like the thing to do,” he said.

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Louisville Cardinals basketball players Wiley Brown and Derek Smith claim to have invented the high five during the 1978-79 season.聽

It国产视频檚 claimed Brown went to give a regular low five to teammate Smith during a practice session.

The “low five” had been popular among African-Americans since the Second聽World War. Wiley went to give Derek a low five during practice –聽his teammate looked at him and said: 国产视频淣o. Up high.”

National High Five Day

The High Five has its own annual聽day聽– the third Thursday of April. It was invented by students at the University of Virginia,聽who do a High-Five-athon 国产视频� high-fiving as many people as possible in 24 hours to raise money for cancer research.

It国产视频檚 now catching on and many schools and universities across the world raise money and awareness of cutting-edge cancer research this way.

The High Five fail

There’s nothing more awkward than going for it and the other person snubs your advance. He might have just won the Super Bowl with the greatest comeback ever – but even New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady can get it horribly wrong sometimes.

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And this attempt by American TV and film stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the 2016 Golden Globes聽wasn’t the finest effort we’ve ever seen.

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A firm slap of the hands is always best. Like this…

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Here are some great variations to try out…

Five fun high fives

• The double high five聽国产视频� using both hands at the same time to celebrate. Popular with sportsmen.
• The high five/fist bump combo –聽even former US聽President Barack Obama has been spotted doing this.
• The air high five聽国产视频� no need to get up close and personal, just raise your hand in the air like a wave.
• The slap high five聽国产视频� where two people turn their bodies to face each other and slap their hands together hard and fast.
• The group high five聽国产视频� when an adult offers their hand up and lots of children hit it at the same time.

High five records

From the聽Guinness World Records…

罢丑别听most high-fives in one minute聽is 290 by Kaiser Permanente San Diego (USA), in San Diego, California, USA, in聽April 2016.

罢丑别听longest 国产视频渉igh five国产视频� chain聽was 3473 people in Avondale, Arizona, USA, in November 2016 – they were schoolchildren聽from third to eighth grade.

罢丑别听most people performing a high-five simultaneously聽is 25,250聽in December 2015聽at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences in Bhubaneswar, India – where聽indigenous tribal children from some of the poorest areas are schooled.

罢丑别听most high fives in 24 hours聽by an individual is 14,607 and was achieved by Pete Timbs during the Bridge to Brisbane fun run, in Brisbane in聽September 2012.

Say high five in five languages

And finally…

Have you signed the #5for5 petition yet?聽