"The Squalb" is a narration set to music that tells kids of the "mystery" behind pocket lint. "All Around The Kitchen" is redone with the lyrics replaced with the busy sounds of kids experimenting with cooking in the kitchen.

The songs with lyrics sung by various lead vocalists generate a lot of smiles, too. Any child with a desire to fly can relate to the little one's plea to his parents to fly "On An Airplane." "Pirates Don't Take Baths" has a jaunty melody with funny lyrics about a boy whose pirate smell got him a lot of involuntary bathings.

But the title tune is arguably the most enjoyable. Lead vocalist Tim Ingham skillfully navigates reciting through the litany of real and fictional destinations while a chorus of kids back him on the hip refrain. All the while, MMW is laying down a funky, clappable electric piano vibe.

Truth is, the songs involving children and/or a grown-up lead vocalist are so creatively done, the instrumentals virtually become interludes that you impatiently wait through to get to the really engaging stuff. Thankfully, though, none of the instrumentals except for the last one is more than three minutes long. That last one, the closing "We're All Connected," has a more mature melody set to a bossa nova beat but is given a child-like rendition by Medeski's toy piano and a child adding wordless vocals.

Just as Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown television specials introduced generations of kids to straight jazz, MMW now seeks to expose them to the joys of acid jazz. The music might sound just a little too grown up for tots in spots, but it's probably never too early to demonstrate good grooves and this record's got a lot more of those than any other record directed at the kindergarten crowd. And Mom and Dad can dig it just as much as their kids. Maybe that was what Medeski, Martin and Wood had intended all along.