He is much stronger in phonics than DD was at his age (able to sound out long, complicated scientific names) and seemed to learn to read much more phonetically than she did, if it matters. (He liked to watch Super Why as a young toddler.) He does skip words sometimes, too. He will sub in an appropriate word if the sense is affected. OTOH, if *I* make an insignificant error when reading aloud, he always catches me!