Early Manifestations of Innate Talents (1861-1869) Flashcards
What year did Rizal learned his alphabet at the age of three from his mother.
In 1864
He took avid interest in _____ and _____ because the family’s extensive library.
reading and literature (He also manifested skills in; sculpture, sketching, painting)
Recognizing her son’s creativity, ______ encouraged him to express his thoughts and sentiments in verse.
Doña Teodora
One of his early memories was a fable his mother had related to him one evening entitled
“The Story of the Moth”
from a Spanish reader called El Amigo de los Niños
(The mother moth warned its offspring of the danger of fluttering too close to the flame.
The advice was not heeded and the little moth was burned by the blue flame.)
Rizal learned from the story of the moth that
One must suffer any consequence if one is to succeed
What age was Rizal when Conception died
4 years old
Who taught Rizal how to read and write?
his mother
Who taught Rizal rudiments of Latin for five months until his death?
Leon Monroy
Rizal’s uncle, _______, developed in him a great admiration for the beauty of nature.
He also encourages him to learn;
swimming
fencing
wrestling
Manuel Alberto
Who instilled in Rizal’s mind the love for education.
he also said:
(“Work hard and perform every task very carefully; learn to be swift as well as thorough; be independent in thinking and make visual pictures of everything.”)
Uncle Gregorio
At the age of 8 Rizal wrote his first poem in 1869, which is entitled
Sa Aking Mga Kabata
(“To my Fellow Children”)
What date was it when at the age of 7.
With his father, Rizal made a pilgrimage to Antipolo to fulfill the vow made by his mother to take the child to the Shrine of the Virgin of Antipolo.
Then, they visited Saturnina in Manila.
June 6, 1868
