• Home
  • Contact Me
  • About
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Email
    • Pinterest

Freely Educate

  • All posts
  • by grade
    • college
    • high school
    • middle school
    • elementary
    • preschool-kindergarten
  • by interest
    • Charlotte Mason
    • creatively homeschool
    • curriculum
    • faith
    • for the teacher
    • good deals
    • kids activities & games
    • practical skills
    • printables
    • thoughts from my homeschool
  • by subject
    • art
    • assessment
    • computer
    • geography
    • grammar
    • history
      • civics
    • languages
    • literature
    • math
    • music
    • nature studies
    • physical education
    • reading & writing
      • audiobooks
      • e-readers
    • science
    • spelling
    • typing
    • virtual tours
    • writing
You are here: Home / by grade / Free 19th Century Homeschool Math Curriculum

Free 19th Century Homeschool Math Curriculum

by grade· by interest· curriculum· elementary· math· preschool-kindergarten· subjects

26 Jan

I have a treat for those of you who love to use classical curriculum! Ray’s Arithmetic, a math curriculum, was created in the 19th century and used widely during its time.  It is still a very popular homeschool math curriculum today, and I’m so excited to have the downloads right here, for your convenience.

free Ray's Homeschool Math Curriculum for K-6th

Here are the free math curriculum downloads:

I took copyright-free images of the original Ray’s Arithmetic math books and converted them to .pdfs.

A bit about the ‘grade levels’: Don’t be picky about the ‘grade level’ I suggest below. They’re only guidelines.  As we homeschoolers know, children learn at different speeds and methods, so look through the curriculum and assign it to any grade you’d like.  I have often assigned ‘1st grade’ work to my ‘7th grader,’ and ‘high school’ reading to my ‘3rd grader.’ Don’t worry about labels such as grade levels; you know your child best!

To view the files, simply click on them and they’ll open as .pdf documents (your system likely will just open it; if not, download the free reader program here).  View or print or share as much as you please — these works are in the public domain.

For grades K-2nd: Ray’s New Primary Arithmetic
for grades 3-4: Ray’s New Intellectual Arithmetic
Answer Key to Ray’s New Intellectual Arithmetic
for grades 5-6: Ray’s New Practical Arithmetic
Answer Key to Ray’s New Practical Arithmetic

 

Let me know if you’re looking for other Ray’s Arithmetic books for older grades; he wrote many more.   This set, elementary math curriculum, is his most popular set. UPDATE: Here are the Ray’s Arithmetic books for middle school and high school. 

free Ray's Homeschool Math Curriculum for K-6th

Prefer a non-textbook homeschool math curriculum?

Here is the self-paced free math curriculum, our family uses.  It’s a free online math program, so works well with my techy kids.

And here is a free Charlotte Mason math curriculum that comes highly recommended by many parents.  It’s very ‘hands-on,’ using household items as counters, for example.

free Ray's Homeschool Math Curriculum for K-6th

Share this post:

  • Pinterest
  • Email
  • Print

Related

7 Comments

want to be notified of new posts?

Previous Post: « Free Chronicles of Narnia Study Guides
Next Post: How We Encourage Our Homeschool Kids to Learn »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Susan Straub says

    April 12, 2018 at 10:48 PM

    I’m very much interested in grades 7 – 8 and High School if that’s available. I ‘ve not found much of his Curriculum sadly. Thank you so much for allow these books to be free. 🙂

    Reply
    • Lori Seaborg says

      April 13, 2018 at 4:41 PM

      Hi, Susan! I began working on those files today and will update this post when I have them ready! Thanks for coming by and requesting.

      Reply
    • Lori Seaborg says

      April 23, 2018 at 7:02 PM

      I’ve added three books so far at the middle school and high school level. See them here: Ray’s Arithmetic for Middle School and High School

      Reply
  2. maria schmit says

    May 23, 2018 at 5:31 PM

    thank you so much for uploading these. *hugs*

    Reply
    • Lori Seaborg says

      May 24, 2018 at 5:49 PM

      You’re so welcome, Maria!

      Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Free Math Worksheets for 1st through 5th Grades | Freely Homeschool says:
    February 19, 2018 at 2:24 PM

    […] edited and uploaded a Free Classical Math Curriculum, Ray’s Arithmetic. It was a very popular math curriculum in the 19th century, and is used […]

    Reply
  2. Free Downloads: Ray's Arithmetic for Middle & High School | Freely Homeschool says:
    April 23, 2018 at 6:47 PM

    […] digitized three of the Ray’s Arithmetic books, perfect for your homeschool math curriculum, for Kindergarten through sixth […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Primary Sidebar

Freely Educate is written for those, like our family, who don't want the box. There are many places for "box-thinkers" to go. This place is for those who think outside the box. I hope to give you affirmation and advice on bravely choosing to educate creatively and individually. - Lori Seaborg
about our homeschooling journey

Want to know about new posts?

No more than once a week, I'll send you an email of what was published.

Most Popular (updated daily)

Free! Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Curriculum for Elementary Grades
a free worksheet: anatomy of the hand
Free College STEM Programs from MIT
Free Art History Lessons for K-12
Over 800 Free College Courses from Leading Universities
Free Baby, Toddler, and Preschool Lesson Plans & Curriculum (with daily schedules)
Free Charlotte Mason Curriculum for K-12 with Daily Schedules
Free Chemistry Lesson Plans Using Legos
free worksheet: anatomy of the human skull (& skull coloring page)
Free Flight Lessons for Kids (in the sky!)

Freely Educate

Free Nature Illustration Course: Begins February 21, 2023

Art Study: Adolphe Millot’s Butterflies (Papillons). Free Coloring Pages and Original Art to Download

  • Home
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Me

More Posts

hello, there!


Our family has been homeschooling for over a decade. I hope to encourage you that there is no obstacle to a beautiful education - you really can do it. And you and the child can both enjoy the journey! - Lori Seaborg, America's Gulf Coast | more About Us

Copyright © 2023 · Lori Seaborg