Rum Sum Sum

Rum Sum Sum
This is another one that I picked up in special ed. preschool. Recently, I learned that it is actually based on a Moroccan folk song. There are many versions out there, but this is how I do it. (It works with toddlers, right on up through kindergarten.)

A rum sum sum

(tap one closed fist on top of the other, and keep switching hands)

 

A  rum sum sum

(tap one closed fist on top of the other, and keep switching hands)

 

Guli, guli, guli, guli, guli

(wave hands back and forth in the air)

 

Rum sum sum

(tap one closed fist on top of the other, and keep switching hands)

(Repeat this verse once) 

 

A rafi

(hold hands up high, then bring them down in a clap)

 

A rafi

(hold hands up high, then bring them down in a clap)

 

Guli, guli, guli, guli

(Wave hands back and forth in the air)

 

Rum sum sum

(tap one closed fist on top of the other, and keep switching hands)(Repeat this verse once)