Our Mission: Inspiring a deeper interest in science through creative and fun experiences for all ages. Exploration Place has hands-on exhibits, birthday party packages, classes for all ages, and much more.
KS Dept of Ed is delaying implementation of the State Dyslexia Recommendations for screening accepted in November 2019. Kansas students will now wait even longer to get what science & The National Reading Panel shows works for literacy instruction for ALL students. If you have a child who is struggling to read, contact Fundamental Learning Center for a full assessment for dyslexia and other reading difficulties. It is an assessment that is more than a screening and more than a few minutes long. Our Dyslexia assessments are for children ages 5-18, last two hours and include evaluations of verbal, phonological, alphabet, reading, writing and spelling skills. We let you know why your child is struggling to learn and what the next steps can be to help. Contact Michelle at 316-440-1388 or by email at [email protected] to schedule your assessment today.
Since 1963, Wichita Collegiate School has been the leading college preparatory school in Wichita, serving students from age 2 through Grade 12. WCS is an exciting place where children thrive and grow, becoming tomorrow’s leaders through a diverse and caring community with passionate teachers and an inspiring curriculum.
Wichita Park & Recreation offers recreation opportunities ranging from organized to individual activities at 8 Recreation Centers, 9 swimming pools, dozens of softball and baseball fields, 5 golf courses, Ralph Wulz Riverside Tennis Center and Watson Park.
Originally founded as the Wichita Art Association in 1920, Mark Arts is the area’s oldest and most comprehensive visual arts organization. For more than 100 years, Mark Arts has made art and arts education available to the citizens of Wichita and the surrounding communities.
The School of Creativity provides a 9,500-square-foot continuing education facility dedicated to art instruction for adults, teens and children.
- Painting & Drawing
- Culinary Arts
- Printmaking
- Pottery
- Sculpture
- Enameling
- Jewelry Making & Metalsmithing
- and More
Mark Arts offers a 14,000-square-foot gallery with annual exhibitions showcasing regional and national artists. Exhibitions include:
- John Newsom’s Universal Frontier
- Gaze featuring Women Artists
- School of Creativity Student and Faculty Exhibitions
- Brenda Lichman and Tim Stone
- National Watercolor Exhibition
- Abstract National Exhibition
- Eastern Kansas Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
- Congressional Art Awards
The Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
ADMISSION IS FREE.
Music Theatre Wichita creates a joyful summer of Broadway-scale productions and unparalleled educational opportunities for aspiring artists and technicians.
Welcome to the Wichita Sports Forum located in Wichita, KS. With over 148,000 square feet of premier multi-sport, convention and private party space, we are eager to serve your individual needs.
Wichita Sports Forum’s experienced and professional staff will work tirelessly with your child to become not only a great player, but also an exceptional person.
The Wichita Sports Forum is committed to providing an unmatched sporting experience for the community. By joining a league, taking classes or participating in camps, you will be joining an organization led by the most respected coaches in Wichita.
All members will have access to Wichita Sports Forum for practices, individual skill training and strength/conditioning.
Thinking of coming to Wichita Sport Forum or take Flight in Aviate, our Extreme Sports Trampoline Park? Contact Us for more information or to reserve your event date!
For more than 40 years, the Wichita Children’s Theatre & Dance Center has been a staple of the Wichita Arts Community. A non-profit theatre and dance school, its mission is to provide arts opportunities to young people of all ages and backgrounds in Wichita and the surrounding area. Now with satellite schools at Marks Arts in east Wichita and in downtown El Dorado, the Wichita Children’s Theatre & Dance Center is proud to enhance the cultural life of south-central Kansas by providing the highest quality performing arts education to its youth.
As you tour Tanganyika our guides will give you many opportunities not only learn about the animals, but in many cases interact directly with them. This hands-on approach gives you a rare chance to connect with some of natures most unique and often endangered species.
Because Tanganyika is dedicated to education and animal preservation, your visit not only supports your experience at the park, but the very survival of many of the rare animals that call Tanganyika home.
Tanganyika’s breeding programs play an important role in preserving genetic diversity among captive populations, and Tanganyika participates in several international projects to preserve wild population in their natural habitats.
We hope your experience at the Park will provide a sense of peace, exhilaration, respect and resolve to help ensure survival of these wonderful birds and animals around the world.
Nestled in the heart of the Museums on the River district just five minutes from downtown in the Riverside neighborhood, the Wichita Art Museum is home to a nationally renowned collection of American art.
As the largest art museum in the state of Kansas, WAM houses one of the country’s premier collections with 7,000 works in our permanent collection, including masterpieces by Mary Cassatt and Edward Hopper.
The Museum features two dramatic and large-scale works by Seattle glass artist Dale Chihuly. Inspired by the intricate patterns of traditional Persian glass, the Persian Seaform Installation provides a stunning first impression at the Museum’s entrance and hanging in the S. Jim and Darla Farha Great Hall is the Confetti Chandelier.
Come face to face with the wildest animals from around the world! See eye to eye with endangered chimpanzees and orangutans. Get to know the gorillas of The Downing Gorilla Forest. Spend the day with colorful birds, playful penguins, poison dart frogs and more than 3,000 other individual animals of all sizes, shapes and colors. Discover why Sedgwick County Zoo is the No. 1 outdoor family tourist attraction in Kansas. Come out and play!
Botanica was opened to the public in May 1987 to generate enthusiasm for horticulture and enlighten people through educational, artistic, and cultural experiences. With this mission, Botanica’s gardens and programs expand public awareness of horticulture, educate Kansans about how nature can improve their daily lives, and assist in the promotion of community development.
Kumon is a structured, supplemental math and reading program which guides students from counting to calculus in the Math program and from learning letter sounds to reading high school-level literary text in the Reading program. Through individualized instruction, carefully planned by the instructor, students progress step-by-logical step through the program to build a solid grasp of math and reading while also building critical thinking skills and the mindset to learn new materials independently. Students complete daily assignments that take about 30-minutes per subject in two sessions per week at the Center and the other five days at home. Each worksheet teaches a lesson that’s one small step more advanced than the lesson before so students progress smoothly and gain confidence with each new success.
Experience Rock Climbing in Wichita
Release stress and break that mind-numbing routine in our indoor climbing facility. Push your mind, body, and imagination as you challenge yourself and your friends up our 40 foot walls. All skill levels are welcome.
Kauffman Museum in North Newton, Kansas, hosts day camps for curious learners from 4 to 104! Join us for grade-specific camps exploring art, nature and history on the beautiful campus of Kauffman Museum at Bethel College.
Regular Hours
THURSDAY: 6PM – 10PM
FRIDAY: 1PM – MIDNIGHT
SATURDAY: 1PM – MIDNIGHT
SUNDAY: 1PM – 8PM
Admission
$10 per person for Arcade Games
$8 for kids 10 and under
Play as long as you want, open to close.
All Arcade games are set to free play, no tokens required!
50 Cents per play for Pinball Machines.
Special Events
We offer many different party packages or time blocks you can book for your group outside of our regular hours.
Check out our Parties page for more information!
R.E.A.D. Redefined is an organization that works with students regardless of location. We are a team of dyslexia specialists who provide systematic, cumulative, explicit, and diagnostic virtual reading intervention for students who are struggling with reading, writing, and spelling.
We also work with districts and physicians to provide them with the how-to knowledge of identifing the 1-in-5 students that are dyslexic.
We have partnered with Baker and Newman University to provide graduate credit to districts and teachers. In our courses, educators will learn how to adapt the Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, and a multisensory approach to their current reading program. Our courses are designed to equip educators with the knowledge necessary to successfully teach students to read, write, and spell.
The DRC provides a unique camp experience with field trips throughout Wichita while also providing learning and structure for your child through our Recreation Station camp. Campers can come week-by-week or enroll for the entire summer. Along with Recreation Station at the Hubbard Arts Center, there are also Culinary Arts camps week-by-week with themed experiences where kids learn to cook a variety of foods. Last but not least, Hubbard Arts offers art specific camps working with youth on their skills in different medias. Enroll in Recreation for grades K-5th and Arts/Culinary from ages 5-14.