Daland Swim School - Thousand Oaks and Agoura Hills

The Daland Swim School facility is located at 135 East Wilbur Road in Thousand Oaks between Moorpark Road and Hodencamp Road. The facility has two heated pools and offers swimming services year round, including covered indoor swimming November through March.  Private or group swimming lessons for kids of all ages.  Or throw a pool party there. Visit www.dalandswim.com or call 805.495.5210 for more information.

Daland also offers swimming lessons and summer camps at the Lake Lindero Country Club in Agoura Hills beginning in May 2025.

Kids Club at The Lakes at Thousand Oaks

The Kids Club at The Lakes in collaboration with Apple TV+ meets every Wednesday of the month from 10-11am on the lawn during most spring/summer months. Geared towards kids 10 and under.

Call 805.497.9861 for more information. Events are outdoors; rain generally cancels events but call first.

Events vary from puppet shows to storytellers to musicians, petting zoos, arts and crafts, etc. for preschoolers and their parents. These are outdoor events and are weather permitting. Contact The Lakes for more information at 805.497.9861 or www.shoplakes.com.

In addition to the kids club, The Lakes has a small playground area that is geared toward the younger kids, an expanse of grass and 2 beautiful lakes, waterfall, fountain, etc. This is a nice park-like setting that makes you forget the fact that you are looking straight out at Thousand Oaks Boulevard.

https://shoplakes.com/events/kids-club-in-collaboration-with-appletv

Open Gym at Conejo Recreation & Park District Facilities

The Conejo Recreation & Park District has several facilities offering not only paid programs and classes but free access to indoor gymnasium facilities during designated hours.

The Thousand Oaks Community Center offers free "open gym" times throughout the month, with access to indoor basketball, volleyball, badminton and pickleball. Located at 2525 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. For open gym times, visit www.crpd.org/facilities/thousand-oaks-center/thousand-oaks-community-center or call 805.381.2793.

The Borchard Community Center at 190 Reino Road, Newbury Park also offers free "open gym" access during designated time frames for drop-in basketball, volleyball and badminton. Visit www.crpd.org/facilities/borchard-center/borchard-center-calendar.

The Dos Vientos Community Center at 4801 Borchard Road, Newbury Park also offers free open gym access during designated time frames for volleyball (currently Fridays from 4:30-6:30pm and Sundays from noon to 2:30pm) and badminton (currently Wednesdays from 6:45-9:15pm). Visit www.crpd.org/facilities/dos-vientos-center/dos-vientos-center or call 805.375.1003.

The Thousand Oaks Teen Center at 1375 East Janss Road, Thousand Oaks offers free drop-in recreation to any local teen (grades 7 to 12) during daily operational hours, including game room, gym and computer lab. Visit www.crpd.org/programs-sports/teens or www.thousandoaksteencenter.com or call 805.494.5156.

Simi Valley Batting Cages

Founded in 1989, Simi Valley Batting Cages and Pro Shop offers full service batting cages with baseball, slow pitch and fast pitch softball, hardball/softball instruction and equipment.  Indoor/outdoor facility. Located at 2019 Donville Avenue, Simi Valley. Open weekdays noon to 9pm and weekends 10am to 8pm.

Call 805.527.8998 or visit www.facebook.com/svcages  or simivalleybattingcage.com for more information.

Womack's Baseball Academy in Simi Valley

Womack’s Baseball Academy opened at the Simi Valley Town Center in April 2019. This 6,000 square foot indoor facility offers private lessons for pitching, hitting, batting and catching, group classes for strength and conditioning and batting cage rentals.

Located across from Tilly’s at 1555 Simi Town Center Way, #645. More information at www.badirtbags.com or by calling 805.

LeXT Robo Academy in Agoura Hills

LeXT Robo Academy at 39039 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Agoura Hills (cross street Kanan) uses LEGO education concepts and curriculum to provide a hands-on learning experience and fun environment for students while developing their skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Students between the ages of 3-12 years old will build and design the infrastructures using basic mechanical devices and concept through engaging S.T.E.M. base activities and workshops, as well as camps during school breaks.

Learn more at www.lextroboacademy.com or by calling 818.699.2388.

Who's On First Batting Cages in Oxnard

Who's On First Batting Cages is located at 961 N. Rice Avenue, #7 in Oxnard.  Open daily. Visit website for hours..

Machines pitch at 40, 50, 60 and 80 MPH.

More information at www.whosonfirst805.com or call 805.485.4001 to make reservations.

Imagymnation Gymnastics in Simi Valley

Located at 4685 Industrial St. 3G, Simi Valley Imagymnation Gymnastics has been in operation since 1980. They offer open gym, gymnastics classes, baby classes, “Ninja” classes (ages 4-6 and 6+), birthday parties, seasonal camps and more.

Visit www.imagymnationgymnastics.com or call 805.581.4496 to learn more.

Kids World Indoor Playground in Oak Park

Kids World Indoor Playground is an indoor playground that has a large "Ballocity" play structure, featuring a series of climbing tubes, slides, foam ball launchers, a separate toddler structure for ages 0 to 3, indoor basketball room, arcade and more, along with a restaurant serving salads, pasta, sandwiches/wraps, pizzas and burgers.

General admission (as of January 2025) is $16.99 for ages 2 to 15, $12.99 for military/first responders. Adults and infants are free. Discount passes for multiple visits and membership packages for unlimited play are available.  Socks must be worn by kids and adults. Check kidsworldla.com for hours.

Socks required for kids and adults. No outside food and drink.

Kids World is located at 618 Lindero Canyon Road, Oak Park (southeast corner of Lindero and Kanan). Call 818.338.8888 or visit kidsworldla.com for more information.  Also visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/kidsworldla for updates.

Kids World also offers two hour field trips with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) component. The STEM program focuses on properties of gas, Newtonian physics and simple machines.

Kids World used to be called Bright Child, which closed its doors on 1/20/14. 

Camarillo Public Library

The Camarillo Public Library is located at 4101 Las Posas Road. This is a beautiful, nearly 66,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility that opened in March 2007.

The library is a two-story building with a bookstore, adult literacy facility, community room (capacity of 130 to 200), conference room, technology lab and study rooms.

The library's collection is well over 200,000 items, including books, DVDs, music CDs, and audio books on CD and MP3. Your library card gives you access to the Camarillo Digital Library with hundreds of eBooks and Audio Books available on the library's website. The eBooks can be read in numerous formats, including computers, iPhones, iPads, Android devices, etc. The library contains the Russell Fischer Business Collection and the Ventura County Genealogical Society collection

The kids section is quite large, with a cool pirate-themed kids area.

The library is open Monday to Thursday from 10am to 8pm and Friday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm.(as of December 2024).

The Camarillo Library is an independently run city library that is not part of the Ventura County Library System. However, you can use your Camarillo Public Library card to borrow titles from the Moorpark City Library as well as other partner libraries.

To learn more, visit www.camarillolibrary.org or call 805.388.5222.