My son (at the time 10) would “guess” at what words say, instead of reading them.
One Sunday upstate, we were bike riding on the backroads, and in an attempt to get in some practice reading, I asked him to read the sign at the intersection, so I could find it on the map and figure out which way to turn.
He tells me, “we’re at Copper Cove” (the sign said Coopers Corner). So I said, no, try again and this time read it. (so he pieces it out and says Coopers Corner).
A while later, we needed to cross the 17B. In order to stress that we are dealing with a “real highway”, I asked him to read the speed sign (it said 55 mph).
He says, 60 mph. Up to this point, numbers had never been an issue. So I ask him, now numbers are a problem too?
He says, “I see it says 55, but everyone knows that you can go 60 in a 55 zone!”
(gee, I wonder who he heard that from!)