If you are unfamiliar with Tonies - you need to purchase a Tonie box. Once you have the box, you download the Tonie app and you upload our songs directly onto the character. The Tonie box empowers your child to play the songs, control the volume and change tracks. Operating the box is quite simple for the youngest of children- After the set up, a child simply places the character on the box and squeezes the ears to operate.