You're welcome. Yes, any basic arduino set should do. In fact, most Arduino sets will come with the LEDs, the resistors, and a buzzer or two, and a breadboard to wire everything up on. I should have mentioned the breadboard. Solderless breadboards make experimenting very easy. Oh, and some jumper wires...
The shield kit requires soldering to assemble, so it's a project with a skills learning project built in. Not to mention budget for a soldering iron.
It would be worth cutting your teeth on a smaller learn-to-solder project first because it's not uncommon to damage your first board a little bit while you're getting the hang of it. Maybe something like this: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10546
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