About Topeka on Track

All aboard for a journey through Topeka! Topeka on Track invites children to build their own wooden train tracks across the city, connecting familiar landmarks like the Discovery Center, Topeka Zoo, the Brown v. Board Historic Site, the Capitol building, and the Great Overland Station. As kids design, assemble, and rearrange tracks, they explore basic engineering principles while imagining how their city could grow and change. This large-scale, hands-on table encourages experimentation, problem-solving, and creativity, giving children the freedom to engineer their own version of Topeka, one track at a time.

Fun Facts
Each building on the table is modeled after a real Topeka landmark, allowing children to learn about the city’s architecture, history, and culture as they play. Some children enjoy creating entirely new neighborhoods or rerouting tracks in inventive ways, showing that play can spark big ideas about planning, design, and collaboration.

Brain Building
Imaginative Play, Cooperation, Problem Solving, Engineering Thinking

Body Building
Hand-Eye Coordination, Small Muscle Development (Fine Motor)