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Top 7 Pretend Shopping Toys for Kids

From , former About.com Guide

Kids love to play grownup and these play shopping toys let them use their imaginations to pretend they are shopping. These role-playing toys also teach children useful skills such as food and color recognition, counting skills and even good manners.

1. Pretend and Play Cash Register

This toy cash register comes with play money, coins and pretend credit cards. This toy will help teach calculator as well as money-counting skills.
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2. YOUniverse Cash Register

This electronic cash register includes a working calculator, pretend bills, coins and credit cards, as well as a working microphone/pager. The cash register makes realistic sounds when it reads barcodes. Requires 4 AA batteries.
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3. Shopping Cart With Play Food

This cute shopping cart comes with a cart with wheels and a carrying basket. Ten grocery items are also included.
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4. Little Tikes Shopping Cart

This durable, colorful shopping cart features a large basket to hold lots of play foods and groceries. The special wheels won't scuff floors and can be used indoors or out.
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5. Dora's Talking Cash Register

This talking cash register has bilingual phrases and includes play money, pretend credit cards and plenty of other fun accessories. From Fisher-Price.
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6. Shopping Cart/Basket

This shopping cart is made of break-resistant plastic. The shopping cart can be removed and used as a shopping basket.
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7. Teaching Cash Register

This talking register scans prices and says the amount, helping to teach counting skills. Comes with credit card, play money and math games. Requires batteries.
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