Ok, that's reassuring actually. Based on your description, I think his phonological processing skills are good/very good. He can break down words orally much more easily than when he is attempting to read. In fact, he loves to play with words in that way - we were reading a Batman story the other day and he said "Poison Ivy said 'divine'. Get it?" It took me a second. smile Is that a good example of phonological processing? I'm really quite new to all of this, so it's all unfamiliar.