It is a square with small raised knobs that have to fit into the scanner in order to hear the beeping sounds. My only disappointment is the required precise fit of the item/food with the scanner. The items are the perfect size for their hands. They love to play shopping and the scanner gives them their own experience of checking out in a store. My younger grandchildren enjoy playing with the Leap Frog Count along basket and scanner. Just what I wanted for my 1 year old grandson! Thank you. Play pieces store in toy intended for ages 2+ years requires 2 AAA batteries batteries included for demo purposes only new batteries recommended for regular use.Learn, Count and Game modes reinforce learning about food names, colors, shapes and numbers.Shop three double-sided shopping lists like Food Group Feast and Shapes of the Day.Place the food in the talking scanner, which recognizes the foods and responds with encouraging songs, melodies and phrases.Welcome little shoppers with a shopping basket that transforms into a cart, an interactive scanner, and eight silly play foods in different food groups, colors and shapes.New batteries recommended for regular use. Batteries included for demo purposes only. Ready to play a game? The scanner gives clues for foods by name, number, color and shape in Game mode. Switch to Count mode to follow the scanner's directions to scan foods up to ten times.

In Learn mode, scan a food to find out its name, color and the number printed on it. Three interactive play modes reinforce learning. Ready for a veggie dance? Let's 'brocc' and roll! Scan foods on the shopping lists to play activities like Food Group Feast and Shapes of the Day to hear encouraging phrases and songs.

The fish, carrots, strawberries, cake, bread, broccoli and grapes show off their silly personalities with music and unique phrases when scanned. Shop the rainbow with eight play foods in a variety of food groups, colors, shapes and numbers. Carry the shopping basket or expand it into a rolling shopping cart. Y'all 'bready' for this? Let's shop with the Count-Along Basket & Scanner™ featuring play food, shopping lists, and an interactive scanner that recognizes each food piece.

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