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Ray's New Elementary Algebra as a game (Ray's Arithmetic Book 6 rebuild guide) 19OCT2026

Book 6 of Ray's, Grades 9-10: the whole Elementary Algebra, every rule read aloud, a quiz for each section, and the book's 1,164 problems answered on a new algebra pad that checks expressions like 3a+2b and (x+2)(x+3)

Posted by on 19th Oct 2026

Show your work: scratch paper in Ray's Arithmetic (rebuild guide) 18OCT2026

A pencil button on every number question in all five books opens scratch paper beside the question; each page is kept with its question so a grown-up can look over the work later

Posted by on 18th Oct 2026

Ray's Geometry and Trigonometry as a game (Ray's Arithmetic Book 5 rebuild guide) 15OCT2026

Book 5 of Ray's, Grades 9-10: the whole of the Elements of Geometry and the Trigonometry, every article read aloud beside the book's own figure, with a quiz and number problems for each section

Posted by on 15th Oct 2026

Silabario de los niños puerto-riqueños (1861): ABC Books in Spanish (rebuild guide) 14OCT2026

A real 1861 Puerto Rico reading book, taught the Spanish way, by syllables, in the Latin American Eloquence voice, built and checked by someone who does not speak Spanish

Posted by on 14th Oct 2026

World Map and Challenges: planning a block-style world for ABC Books and Ray's Arithmetic (plan) 13OCT2026

A plan to turn the lesson list into a world the child builds, with friendly bosses, read-aloud spells, quests and a campfire streak

Posted by on 13th Oct 2026

Go to any lesson: jumping and skipping ahead in ABC Books and Ray's Arithmetic (rebuild guide) 13OCT2026

A "Go to lesson" list with every lesson by name, and a two-tap skip on locked lessons, in both apps

Posted by on 13th Oct 2026

ABC Books family accounts, welcome page and pricing (rebuild guide) 12OCT2026

Parent sign-in by email code, learners shared by the readers and the math, a progress report, tester codes, Stripe subscriptions ready for keys, and the new abcbooks.fyi layout

Posted by on 12th Oct 2026

Ray's New Higher Arithmetic as a game (Ray's Arithmetic Book 4 rebuild guide) 12OCT2026

Book 4 of Ray's, Grades 7-8: the whole of the Higher Arithmetic, from numeration to annuities, roots, mensuration and the miscellaneous exercises, read aloud in the same Eloquence voice

Posted by on 12th Oct 2026

Ray's New Practical Arithmetic as a game (Ray's Arithmetic Book 3 rebuild guide) 12OCT2026

Book 3 of Ray's, Grades 5-6: all of written arithmetic, from notation to interest, roots, mensuration and progressions, read aloud in the same Eloquence voice

Posted by on 12th Oct 2026

abcbooks.fyi: own containers, a reading check that listens, and a Fire tablet app (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

ABC Books moves to its own domain and containers, gets a self-hosted Vosk server that hears kids read aloud (and catches misreads), and becomes a real Fire tablet app

Posted by on 11th Oct 2026

Ray's New Intellectual Arithmetic as a game (Ray's Arithmetic Book 2 rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

Book 2 of Ray's, Grades 3-4: all 80 lessons of mental arithmetic, from adding to fractions, ratio and percentage, read aloud in the same Eloquence voice

Posted by on 11th Oct 2026

Sound it out: phonics chunking in Eloquence (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

When a child is stuck on a word: the word, then each phonics chunk (st, a, nd) in the Eloquence voice, letter teams in red, a slow highlight

Posted by on 11th Oct 2026

Ray's New Primary Arithmetic as a game (Ray's Arithmetic rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

All 89 lessons of the 1877 Ray's Book One: counting, the four tables, story problems and measures, read aloud in the same Eloquence voice as ABC Books

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McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

Book 7 of ABC Books: all 138 selections for reading, from Shakespeare and Milton to Patrick Henry and Poe, read in Eloquence

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McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

Book 6 of ABC Books: all 117 selections in prose and poetry, with McGuffey's word meanings and the authors

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Spell & Read: McGuffey's 1867 Pictorial Primer (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

An older McGuffey Primer that teaches by spelling: the child spells each word in the line, then reads the line

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McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

Book 5 of ABC Books: all 90 lessons, with McGuffey's own word meanings and a new "Talk about it" step for the book's questions

Posted by on 11th Oct 2026

Phonics sounds in Eloquence (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

How the letter cards say real phonics sounds like "th", "sh" and short "a" instead of letter names, for every book

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McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader (ABC Books rebuild guide) 11OCT2026

Book 4 of ABC Books: 77 lessons of the 1879 Third Reader, with new words worked out automatically because Gutenberg's copy has none

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McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader (ABC Books rebuild guide) 10OCT2026

Book 3 of ABC Books: all 71 lessons of the 1879 Second Reader, stories and poems read in Eloquence, with tracing and blackboard copy work

Posted by on 11th Oct 2026