Write with Milo
Outline and first-draft writing support for students who get stuck.
Milo helps students in grades 3–8 move from a blank page to written ideas — using images and questions to prompt their thinking, one step at a time. Especially helpful for students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences.
how it works
From blank page
to first idea
Three supports.
When a student gets stuck, Milo offers a gentle choice:Sentence Starter
Get Ideas
Get a PictureOne idea becomes a sentence. A sentence becomes a start.
No timers, grades, or pressure.
who milo helps
The student you're thinking of right now
Takes a long time to get started
Has ideas but struggles to get them out
Writes one or two sentences and stops
Loses their thought before finishing it
Needs support generating ideasEspecially effective for students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences.
For Teachers
Clear data, no extra work
See:when students are getting started more easily
what helps them restart writing after getting stuck
whether writing engagement and writing pace are improving over timeReports include:time to first writing
writing engagement
writing pace
support tools used
writing resumed after support
suggested support
privacy
What Write with Milo saves — and what it doesn't
Write with Milo temporarily saves student writing while a project is active so students can continue working across classroom sessions.Writing projects are stored under non-identifying Writer profiles such as Writer A or Writer B.When writing is finished and exported to a school-approved platform, the writing content is removed from Milo after the recovery window.No student names.
No long-term writing storage.
No grading or revision analysis.
Developed by an educator
Grounded in the classroom
This started with one student who had plenty to say but couldn't get it onto the page. After years of working alongside speech-language pathologists, Write with Milo was built to offer practical support for the writing moment — grounded in how students get stuck and what helps them start writing.
Write with milo
Ready to try it with your students?
Free to use during our pilot period. No student accounts required.
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