I'm counting it!

So, the other day, G was helping me cook.  I went out of the room for a minute and upon return I heard the following sounds, "t-e-m-p-e..."  I said, "What did you say?"  Girumy Pot Pie said, "Tempeh!"  I believe that the child read the package.  Now, did he know what was in the package?  Yes.  But I still say that he sounded out the word and read, "tempeh."  Wahoo!  And what a first word!