Dhammak Dhammak

धम्मक धम्मक आता हाथी, धम्मक धम्मक जाता हाथी
ऐसे सूंड हिलाता हाथी, पानी में नहाता हाथी
धम्मक धम्मक आता हाथी, धम्मक धम्मक जाता हाथी
कित्ते केले खाता हाथी, ये तो नहीं बताता हाथी
धम्मक धम्मक आता हाथी, धम्मक धम्मक जाता हाथी।

Sameer and I learned this rhyme recently. I enjoy it as much as he does. We sent him to a summer camp for two weeks in May. It was in a playschool called Ananda. We liked that the duration was just two weeks instead of one month as is the norm in most places and the daily session was just two hours. Most playschools have a three-hour session. This was the first time that he went to a school. I went with him on all those days. We used the school transport. He did have some fun. Although I don't think he is ready for school yet. That's another post. Another rhyme that we heard there goes like this:

सूरज गोल, चंदा गोल
मम्मी की रोटी गोल
पापा का पैसा गोल
दादा का चश्मा गोल
(something else..)
सारी दुनिया गोल मटोल।

Unfortunately, I don't remember the complete rhyme. But it was very cute.