Though there's long been an educational component within the socially conscious music of Sweet Honey in the Rock, this release targeted at the children's educational market has the ebullience to capture the ears of young and old alike.  Most of the performances are either a cappella (sometimes with handclaps) or with percolating African percussion, as the harmonies and call-and-response arrangements reinforce the joys of learning.  From the life's lessons of "4 U 2 Know as U Grow" through the traditional spiritual of "Do What the Spirit Say Do" and the poetry of "Chinese Proverb," the music aims to delight rather than preach.  The soulful transcendence of "Right Now" sounds closer to a female version of Earth Wind & Fire than toSesame Street, while the message of self-empowerment has rarely sounded as sweet as it does on "All I Have to Do."--Don McLeese