Resources
AS Children's Center offers these suggestions for fun and educational family trips.
Conejo Valley Botanic Garden
Thousand Oaks
Visit the Thousand Oaks grounds for a charming children’s garden.
Descanso Gardens
La Cañada Flintridge
The urban retreat features a large pond with turtles and ducks, a children’s garden maze and a train.
The Huntington Library, Botanical Gardens and Art Collections
San Marino
More than just a library, this destination has an amazing children’s garden and science discovery center.
The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Arcadia
The L.A. County garden is a diverse place — watch out for the peacocks!
Underwood Family Farms
Moorpark
The sustainable farm allows visitors to pick their own seasonal vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs and flowers. There’s a great family activity area with farm animals.
Kidspace Children's Museum
Pasadena
The mission of Kidspace Children's Museum is to nurture the potential of all children through kid-driven hands-on experiences, inspiring them to become joyful and active learners.
California Science Center
Los Angeles
The California Science Center provides an innovative model for science learning by combining exhibits with an on-site Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning. The Science Center is open to the public seven days a week, 362 days per year, with free general admission to its permanent exhibit galleries.
Travel Town
Griffith Park
Displaying everything from a 104-ton locomotive to a one-horse shay, Travel Town offers its visitors what for most of them is the only opportunity they ever have to see and examine at close hand many different types of vehicles.
On-Line Resources
- Sesame Street in Communities: Resources Strategies and Support
- https://www.pbs.org/parents/
- NASA Kids’ Club
- Smithsonian: Fun Stuff for Kids and Teens
- Zumba for Kids
- Cosmic Kids: Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness
On-Line Stories
- https://www.storylineonline.net/
- @savewithstories
- https://www.getepic.com/
- https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
- https://storytimefromspace.com/hey-ho-to-mars-2/
Nutritional Resources
The Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) is a nutrition program that helps pregnant women, new mothers and young children eat well and stay healthy. As part of the program, participants receive special checks to buy healthy foods, such as milk, juice, eggs, cheese, cereal, peanut butter, dry beans and peas. Additionally, WIC provides information about breastfeeding, help in finding health care and other community services, and nutrition and health resources to help you and your family stay healthy.
Who is eligible?
WIC is available to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, as well as children under age five, who are at nutritional risk and at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level. Many people incorrectly view WIC as a welfare program because participants must be members of a low-income family. However, over 50 percent of California women and children on WIC are members of a family where one or both parents work outside the home.
Do I qualify?
Contact your local WIC office to make an appointment and find out which documents you need to take. At your appointment, WIC staff members will let you know if you qualify
The Klotz Student Health Center offers CSUN students free basic services and a nominal fee for other services. You may contact their office by calling (818) 677-3666 or emailing shcinfo@csun.edu.
They are open from Monday to Wednesday and Friday (urgent care only), 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Additional campus services
Alcohol and other drug services: (818) 677-3690
Birth control information sessions: (818) 677-3666
Chiropractor: (818) 677-3674
FamilyPACT: (818) 677-3651
Health promotion and education: (818) 677-6328
Health information management (medical records): (818) 677-3667
Immunization (including Tuberculosis tests and flu shots): (818) 677-3666
Klotz Student Health Center appointments: (818) 677-3666
Klotz Student Health Center cashier: (818) 677-3651
Klotz Student Health Center director’s office: (818) 677-3691
Laboratory: (818) 677-3673
Medical withdrawal coordinator: (818) 677-3691
Optometry clinic: (818) 677-7250
Peer education: (818) 677-3683
Peer Nutrition Counseling (PNC): (818) 677-3666
Pharmacy: (818) 677-3671
Physical therapy: (818) 677-3674
Pregnancy options counseling: (818) 677-3683
Radiology (X-ray): (818) 677-3672