Pediatric Movement Center

08/13/2025

🎒 As the school year kicks off, the PMC team is here to help your family start strong. We know that transitioning back to school can bring excitement, challenges, and lots of questions—so we’ve created a comprehensive Fall 2025 campaign to help support your child every step of the way.

✏️ From therapy tips and healthy lunch ideas to movement routines and fun events, our team is ready to help children of all ages feel confident, regulated, and ready to learn.

👀 Check out our comprehensive blog post with dozens of downloadable resources created and curated by our physical, occupational, speech, and nutrition therapists as well as our Community Wellness team!

👇View our blog post here: https://www.pediatricmovementcenter.com/school%202025

08/12/2025

🌟 Celebrating Aryn’s Amazing Progress! 🌟
Aryn has officially met all of her occupational therapy goals—and we couldn’t be prouder! 👏 Her hard work, determination, and positive attitude have helped her make incredible strides in so many areas:

Over the course of therapy, she has made incredible progress in emotional regulation – learning strategies to stay calm, manage big feelings, and express herself in positive ways. Visual motor skills – strengthening her vision to better support reading, writing, and daily activities. Handwriting – improving her fine motor control and confidence, making her writing clearer and easier. ADL Independence – mastering daily living skills, becoming more independent at home and school.

Aryn’s perseverance has truly paid off, and she’s now ready to carry these skills into everyday life. 💪 We’re so proud of everything she’s accomplished and can’t wait to see what she does next! 💛

08/11/2025

Only a couple weeks until school starts again! 💙 Celebrate the last few weeks of summer with our Kids Night Out event, Saturday, August 16th 😎

08/04/2025

🌞Summer's not over yet! It's not too late to sign up for our summer camps, running through August 22nd!🥳

08/01/2025

🍂 Fall programs are LIVE!
We’re kicking off a new season of growth, play, and progress 🎉
Check out our Fall 2025 Magazine for all the details on:
✅ Recreational programs
✅ Therapy services (PT, OT, Speech)
✅ Special events + themed adventures
Let’s make this fall unforgettable—together! 💪✨


https://issuu.com/pediatricmovementcenter/docs/pmc_magazine_-_fall_2025

07/30/2025

👋 This summer, we want to highlight the importance of water safety and drowning prevention.
🐟 Teaching children how to swim is a crucial part of water safety. For many children with special needs, adaptive swim lessons can be lifesaving. Organizations such as Swim Angelfish, offer instruction that focuses on teaching children how to be safe around water, and how to float if they fall in. All PMC swim instructors are Certified Angelfish instructors.
To learn more about how to practice water safety this summer, check out our latest blog post: https://www.pediatricmovementcenter.com/how-to-practice-water-safety-this-summer
Photo credit: ndpa.org

07/30/2025

🏃‍♂️💥 Max in Motion!
Max has been working hard in PT to build his running and jumping skills—and his determination is paying off! 💪 With a little practice (and a lot of fun), he’s now keeping up with his friends at school and his big brother like a pro.

Way to go, Max—we’re so proud of you! 🎉👏

07/24/2025

A Night to Remember! 🎉⚾

We had an amazing time at the Frederick Keys Sensory Friendly Night and were so grateful to be part of such a meaningful event! Huge thanks to our incredible community partner, Parent Resource Center, for sponsoring and coordinating the night. Thank you for always being a strong advocate for the children and families in our community. 💙

A special shoutout to one of our very own Kidmotion kiddos, Evan, who threw the first pitch with our awesome instructor Ms. Hanna! Such a proud moment! 👏

Thank you to everyone who made it a night to remember. We loved connecting with all of you!

07/23/2025

👋Join us this weekend for our Open House event features mini class sessions for children, organized by age, led by our talented instructors! Parents can tour our facility, observe the classes, and engage with the instructors to find the perfect fit for their child. This FREE event offers a wonderful opportunity to experience our programs firsthand.

⭐️Saturday, July 26th⭐️
💙PMC Aquatics 12:30pm-2pm
🧡PMC Hagerstown 2:45pm-4pm

To learn more: https://www.hisawyer.com/pediatric-movement-center/schedules/widget_calendar?schedule_id=camps

07/23/2025

PMC Frederick is currently experiencing intermittent phone and internet outages. If you have a time-sensitive need, please contact a member of our PMC Hagerstown team at 301-739-5437.

07/22/2025

📞 Service Update: PMC Frederick
Our internet and phones are currently down at our Frederick location. We’re actively working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding—we’ll keep you updated!

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07/16/2025

Dietitian Emily is back with more tips on Selective Eating! Check out some tips below and read more on our blog: https://www.pediatricmovementcenter.com/selective-eating-give-permission

Give your child permission…
💙 To touch, smell, and explore food. Children learn about foods using their senses. Allow them to touch, smell, and explore a new food to investigate it.
💙 To try it when they are ready. It can take multiple exposures (15+ times!) to a new food to be interested in it. Keep providing them the opportunity and encourage them to try it when they are ready. Perhaps a fun opportunity would be to try new foods as a family as children tend to look to adults for cues on what is safe and acceptable.
💙 To play with food. Allow your child to paint with pudding, create structures with pretzels and marshmallows, follow a pattern with a fruit kabob, smoosh avocados to make guacamole, scramble eggs with a fork, use food coloring to change the color of their yogurt, or make a funny face with pancakes and fruit or tortillas and veggies.
💙 To try a non-preferred food. Encourage them to have a small serving of a non-preferred food on their plate until they get used to it.