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My DS Ryan who is almost 8 is a great reader. He can sound out almost any word and has plenty of confidence. However, when he reads aloud he skips words or sometimes says them in the opposite order. It helps so much if he can follow a finger or a ruler is held underneath the line. He hates to do that though. I think he thinks it is babyish. Other than the skipping, he reads with great inflection and meaning.
Is the skipping perhaps an eye problem? He never squints and is a dead eye aim with his BB gun though! He gets frustrated with the skipping and losing his place and I want to help him really love reading and as of now he just tolerates it.
I hope some of y'all have some experience or words of wisdom here! TIA 
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My son did/does the same thing and he does have a vision problem called under-convergence. It might be worth taking him to a pediatric optometrist. Prism glasses should help alot.
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My son will also do that.(I use to too) In our case, we are reading so quickly that our mind reads the word faster than we say it outloud. Sometimes my son doesn't believe me when I tell him that he didn't read that word outloud!
We work on slowing down and focusing more on each word. To help him do that he will follow with his finger and practice reading outloud a book he has already read.
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Hi Tracy,
My daughter had the same problem with reading, although her vision was 20/20. I was blessed enough to have 3 different people (1 of whom was her regular eye doctor) suggest having her tested by a "vision therapist".
Here are some links:
This is our doctor's website and it is very informative
This one should help you locate a doctor
This one has a lot of info too
Not all insurance companies cover this therapy, but you can usually have the annual eye exam done by the vision therapy doctor and that will be covered - and they'll test him to see if he'd benefit from the therapy.
For our daughter, I know one of the problems was that she had tracking difficulties, so via the therapy, the eye muscles were strengthened and her tracking improved. Her word skipping disappeared and her comprehension improved. Her reading comprehension level was Gr. 1.5 when she began and Gr.6.5 when she finished. (She was 10 at the time.)
Does your son have better comprehension when you read to him, as opposed to when he reads silently? That was definitely one thing I noticed early on - before the diagnosis.
Interestingly enough, many children in school are misdiagnosed with either ADD or Dyslexia when these vision problems are present.
The beauty of it is that it is totally fixable! 
You can email if you want!
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Angel, I just saw your reply  Thank you so much for the information. How did you get that number for comprehension? I think he has good comprehension just based on narrations etc... but I would like some more concrete feedback. I will PM you too in bc this has been so long.
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Hi Tracy,
Are his narrations based on you reading aloud or is he reading to himself?
As for the "comprehension number", at the consultation, they test them pretty extensively. One test uses goggles that record the eye movements while they read a story and then answer questions. I do believe that is one of the tests that scores their comprehension.
For example, my daughter's eye movements registered in at over 200 movements on a 100 word story. The max movements they want to see is about 120!
So, through the therapy, which consisted of exercizes that strengthened her eye muscles, that was corrected!
If he is comprehending what he reads to himself, maybe the skipping is just a little quirk that he'll outgrow. It's worth looking into if you have a specialist in your area!
Wishing you the best and hope I helped in a small way 
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I did the vision therapy with my middle son and he also jumped three grade levels in reading after the therapy. This was figured not only by their tests, but by a reading inventory that I regularly give my kids. It was pretty impressive to me (especially since my husband was pooh-poohing it the whole time), and I may have the youngest son start it soon. My insurance did not cover it as they said they would. But they did let some of it go toward our deductible.
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