My little boy's kindergarten just had their ofsted exam and were told that they should be singing songs in foreign languages. I said I was quite happy to help with this (my mother was Austrian). I remember Hanschen Klein and have just found the words and tune for the cat ran in the snow, but I was wondering what other short simple songs people might suggest. Ideally I'd love it if I could track down the one other song I can remember my mother singing to me. I can remember the tune vividly (not much help I know!) but it was a song where you bounced the child on your knee to the chorus, which went something along the lines of "zim zala dim zam da zala doo zala dim." The rhythm of the tune went something like "Daa da da da da da-a da (zim zala dim zam da zala doo zala dim), daa da da da da da-a da da."

Hope someone can help me with that and thanks very much in advance.

Sophie