Here comes science!
To start off:
* They Might Be Giants are lovely,
* I am delighted that TMBG are putting out children's albums. I heartily encourage all bands to put out children's albums.
Okay. Got that out of the way. So, the latest TMBG kids album is called Here Comes Science, and it looks like a lot of fun. If I had littles, there's a pretty good chance that I would buy this album for them. I am particularly pleased by message that flows through 'Why does the sun shine?' followed by 'Why does the sun really shine?' ("Forget that song/They got it wrong/That thesis has been rendered invalid").
But of course, there's a fair bit of propaganda in there as well, as there often is with this kind of valorisation of science. It's a great idea to teach your children about science, but it might be useful to also have some discussions about the limits of the scientific method.
For example, while this is a lovely little clip about electric cars....well, honestly, if everyone swapped from regular cars to electric cars, we'd be just as screwed, environmentally. You can't solve climate change with science alone. You also need political and social change. Okay, enough stern words. Now you can go sing along.