High 5 Speech Therapy

04/01/2025

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03/20/2025

Join us for our spring Baby Sign Language class, offered by Holland Recreation and High 5 Speech Therapy!

Join us for this FUN 6-week series and learn 100+ signs with your little one while singing, reading, playing and moving! Perfect for kiddos 2 months - 24 months (and older children who may benefit for any reason).
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🤟WHAT: Get out of the house for this fun, structured class full of sign language, songs, movement, reading and bubbles taught by pediatric speech-language pathologist and owner of High 5 Speech Therapy.

During this spring session, we'll explore all new lessons to sign and sing about bedtime, sea animals, breakfast & snack foods, around town, colors, and weather/seasons/holidays (lessons are rotating and designed so families can attend consecutive sessions).

🧑‍🧑‍🧒 WHO: kids ages 2-24* months and their caregivers (*or any other age that may benefit - interested older siblings are welcome to join as well)

🗓️ WHEN: 6-week series on Mondays at 9:30-10:30 from April 14-May 19

🧭 WHERE: High 5 Speech Therapy, 291 W. Lakewood Blvd

❓WHY: Babies meet other babies! Caregivers meet other caregivers! And we have so much fun together! PLUS: Language skills are the building blocks for ALL social relationships and academic learning - give your kiddos the gift of communication! Research has shown that teaching your baby sign language can...⁣
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👉🏻 increase a child’s verbal vocabulary ⁣
👉🏻 encourage talking ⁣
👉🏻 decrease frustration ⁣
👉🏻 promote bonding with parents ⁣
👉🏻 raise IQ scores ⁣

HOW: Sign up by March 31 with Holland Recreation at https://teamsideline.com/sites/cityofholland/content/26292/Youth-Wellness-Education

03/17/2025

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03/08/2025

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Join us next Friday at our Muskegon office for an Equipment Day! 🎉 If you or someone you know needs mobility equipment, stop by and see us—we’re here to help! Spread the word and make sure no one goes without the support they need. ♿💙

02/21/2025

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Be one of the first 50 shoppers on Saturday, Feb 22nd to score a free bag packed with at least 10 full-sized products, plus samples and exclusive offers from local businesses!

🎁 Bag Details:

Each bag is unique, with higher-value items in the earliest bags—so the sooner you arrive, the better!

🔥 Tips for Grabbing a Bag:

Dress warmly and bring a chair, blanket, or sleeping bag to stay cozy.
A thermos of something hot makes the wait more enjoyable!
Restrooms will be available when Marissa arrives around 7 AM.
Bring a friend—the more, the merrier!
One bag per household.

🚪 How It Works:

Doors open at 10 AM—you’ll receive a numbered ticket as you enter.
Take your time shopping, getting a massage, playing games, and entering giveaways.
When you check out, turn in your ticket to claim your free bag!

🎉 Bonus Giveaway:
At the end of the day, the shopper with the largest purchase will win an extra prize!

Don’t miss out—mark your calendar and get here early!

01/26/2025

I hear parents with little ones frequently saying: “There’s nothing to do around Holland with my baby/toddler!” 😫🤪 But - here’s something! 🤩🤗 Please tag/share with families that have children under 2 years old!

Today is the LAST day to sign up (Sunday 1/26 by 8pm)! - class starts TOMORROW (Monday 1/27)!

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We still have room in our baby sign language class, offered by Holland Recreation and High 5 Speech Therapy - starting THIS MONDAY!

Join us for this FUN 6-week series and learn 100+ signs with your little one while singing, reading, playing and moving! Perfect for kiddos 2 months - 24 months (and older children who may benefit for any reason).
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🤟WHAT: Get out of the house for this fun, structured class full of sign language, songs, movement, reading and bubbles taught by pediatric speech-language pathologist and owner of High 5 Speech Therapy

🧑‍🧑‍🧒 WHO: kids ages 2-24* months and their caregivers (*or any other age that may benefit)

🗓️ WHEN: 6-week series on Mondays at 9:30-10:30 from Jan 27- March 3

🧭 WHERE: High 5 Speech Therapy, 291 W. Lakewood Blvd

❓WHY: Language skills are the building blocks for ALL social relationships and academic learning - give your kiddos the gift of communication! Research has shown that teaching your baby sign language can...⁣
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👉🏻 increase a child’s verbal vocabulary ⁣
👉🏻 encourage talking ⁣
👉🏻 decrease frustration ⁣
👉🏻 promote bonding with parents ⁣
👉🏻 raise IQ scores ⁣

HOW: Sign up by 8pm on Sunday 1/26 with Holland Recreation at https://teamsideline.com/sites/cityofholland/program/84775/Winter-ParentBaby-Sign-Language

01/24/2025

We still have room in our winter Baby Sign Language Class, offered by Holland Parks & Recreation and High 5 Speech Therapy - starting THIS MONDAY, Jan 27!

Join us for this FUN 6-week series and learn 100+ signs with your little one while singing, reading, playing and moving! Perfect for kiddos 2 months - 24 months (and older children who may benefit for any reason).
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🤟WHAT: Get out of the house for this fun, structured class full of sign language, songs, movement, reading and bubbles taught by pediatric speech-language pathologist and owner of High 5 Speech Therapy

👶🏼WHO: kids ages 2-24* months and their caregivers (*or any other age that may benefit)

🗓️ WHEN: 6-week series on Mondays at 9:30-10:30 from Jan 27- March 3

🗺 WHERE: High 5 Speech Therapy, 291 W. Lakewood Blvd

❓WHY: Language skills are the building blocks for ALL social relationships and academic learning - give your kiddos the gift of communication! Research has shown that teaching your baby sign language can...⁣
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👉🏻 increase a child’s verbal vocabulary ⁣
👉🏻 encourage talking ⁣
👉🏻 decrease frustration ⁣
👉🏻 promote bonding with parents ⁣
👉🏻 raise IQ scores ⁣

HOW: Sign up by 8pm on Sunday 1/26 with Holland Recreation at https://teamsideline.com/sites/cityofholland/program/84775/Winter-ParentBaby-Sign-Language

01/16/2025

I feel this so hard…let’s try to be the safe place our kids need as often as we can! ❤️

01/12/2025

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Young children repeat the same thing over and over and over (like the same joke, the same observation, reading the same book, playing the same game...) because they are strengthening the connections in their brain that are learning from that repeated experience!

In addition to whatever they're learning from the experience they're repeating, they also learn valuable information about how to predict what's going to happen next, and how changing small variables affects the outcome.

Here are some examples of what a toddler or preschooler might be picking up from a repeated experience:

From your point of view, you're just reading the same book over and over and over -- but from their point of view, they spend 10 days thinking about the story of the book, then 8 days noticing small details in the illustrations of the background of the book, then 5 days thinking about the way that your voice sounds when you read dialogue versus when you're reading narration, then 10 days thinking about the emotions throughout the book, then 5 days thinking about the colors used in the pictures and how dark colors correlate with the "sad" pages and light colors correlate with the "happy" pages...

From your point of view, your preschooler just keeps telling the same knock-knock joke (that they don't even understand) over and over -- but from their point of view, they're spending time understanding the social reciprocity -- the back-and-forth -- of how a joke works, and then they're exploring who in their life does and does not know how to respond to a knock-knock joke (peers might not have been exposed to it, but adults probably have), and then they're chasing the delightful rush of telling someone something that makes them laugh and delight in you a little bit, and then they're expanding and exploring what words can be swapped in and out of a knock-knock joke to make people laugh even more...

From your point of view, your child gravitates toward running water in the sink as often as possible. From their point of view, one time they might be thinking about the feeling of the water running over their hands, and another time they might be listening to the sound of the water running, and another time they might be watching the visual of the water and how it cascades over any object it touches, and then they might be thinking about the temperature of the water, and then they might be thinking about the results of touching the water -- how now their hands are cold and wet and the cause-and-effect that went into that...and then they might start branching out in their experiments with how the water runs over spoons or cups in the sink, or how the water drips slowly or gushes depending on how they've opened the faucet...

There are a million million things to learn from repeated experiences. Especially when you are very young!

[Image description: An image showing what neuronal connections look like, represented by a large gray blob-like structure with many synapses -- which are thin grey branches going in all directions, connecting to other neurons. There are some of them lit up orange/white to indicate that a neuronal impulse (a thought, an action) is moving through that neuron at that time. The whole effect is a spiderweb of connections going every which way.

Words are written over the image. The words read, "Why do preschoolers love repetition? Each of their brain cells can have 15,000 connections (or synapses) to other brain cells. How do they strengthen those neural pathways? By using them."
The image was made by Preschool Powol Packets - Preschool Activities & Ideas End description.]

11/20/2024

Signing Santa is coming!! If your child or family knows/uses ASL, put this on your list! 🤟🤟

Date: Sat, Dec 14 • 10:00 AM EST

Location: 4451 Hunsberger Avenue Northeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49525

Holiday event with Signing Santa

10/22/2024

Go support EcoBuns Baby + Co. today! We don’t want to lose this amazing store in our community!

Hey, friends! I’m reaching out today with something I never thought I’d have to say—our beloved store is at a critical point, and we need your help to keep our doors open.

TL;DR: Visit us in the next two days to help us stay in business!

Nearly 12 years ago, my mom, Vicki, and I embarked on a journey to bring valuable resources to parents in Holland, Michigan. We became the third owners of EcoBuns Baby + Co., which began as a cloth diaper store during a challenging time in my life—I had just gone through a divorce and had a six-month-old and a two-year-old. If you’ve ever wondered why we have toys available for your kids to enjoy, it’s because I needed to keep mine entertained while I worked!

Over the years, Ecobuns has been a cherished part of the Holland/Zeeland community, growing and evolving alongside it. Just this weekend, a mom visited with her daughters, now in college. She was one of my very first customers when we took over!

However, this year has been tough for many businesses, including ours. We’re facing a financial crunch, and the reality is we have just two days—October 22nd and 23rd—to raise the funds needed to cover our bills and avoid closing our doors.

But we’re fighters! We’ve weathered health crises, a pandemic, and economic downturns, and we’re determined to keep going. Each morning, I come in early to create social media content and plan events while ensuring our store remains stocked with amazing toys and resources for babies, toddlers, and tweens.

Despite our efforts, we’ve only made four sales today, and while I’m so grateful for those customers, it’s not enough to sustain us.

I didn’t want to post this, but you all deserve to know what’s at stake. I love this store and our community deeply. As I write this, I’m not ashamed to admit that tears are flowing because I care so much about what we’ve built together.

Here’s how you can help:

-If you’ve been wanting to visit, please stop by in the next two days.
-If there’s something you’ve had your eye on, consider ordering it from our website.
-If you’re thinking about holiday shopping with us, purchasing a gift card in the next two days would make a big difference.
-If you can’t do any of those, please COMMENT and SHARE this post to help spread the word!

And if a friend shared this with you and you’re wondering who we are—hi! 😊 Ecobuns Baby + Co. is one of Holland’s oldest locally-owned toy stores, evolving from a cloth diaper shop to a delightful baby boutique and toy store. We’ve been bringing joy to families for over a decade, offering a carefully curated selection of toys, games, and accessories, with interactive items for kids to test out in-store.

📍 Visit us at: 11975 E Lakewood Blvd
Holland, MI 49424

🕙 Store Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 10 AM - 6 PM

🌐 Shop Online:
www.ecobuns.com (in-store pickup or nationwide shipping)

Thank you for being a part of our journey. Together, we can keep Ecobuns Baby + Co. thriving for years to come!

07/24/2024

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