Creating Your First Passage
A step-by-step guide to generating your first high-quality reading material.
Updated 2/18/2026 getting started, tutorial, first steps
Welcome to PicoBuddy!
Let's get your first passage ready for your students in under 60 seconds.
Step 1: Pick a Topic
Go to the Generate page. Type a topic your students love—dinosaurs, soccer, or even a local news event.
Step 2: Choose the Level
Select a grade level from the dropdown. This tells our AI how complex the vocabulary and sentence structures should be.
Step 3: Select a Text Type
- Fiction: For storytelling and plot analysis.
- Informational: For fact-finding and non-fiction skills.
- Biography: To learn about real-world heroes.
Step 4: Generate!
Press the button. In about 15 seconds, you'll have a beautifully formatted passage, an illustration, a glossary, and 20 comprehension questions ready to use.
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