A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for generating an incremental explanatory object in an educational application program, First, at least one interface is provided including a plurality of fields. Educational textual information is then entered via the interface for entry into the fields. During operation, the user is permitted to select an incremental explanatory icon on the interface. Upon the selection of the incremental explanatory icon, a plurality of sequential fields are shown. Thereafter, the user is prompted to enter educational textual information for entry into the sequential fields. The received textual information is subsequently compiled in an executable educational application program.