This is a late post..
After how many months of teaching my son the basic lesson a preschooler has to learn, it already paid off. Last Monday, February 7, 2011 he had his entrance examination at the Infant Jesus Academy in Marikina City, Philippines. We arrived there 30 minutes before his scheduled time and upon arrival there were already 4 kids waiting for their turn. As a stage mother, as my hubby always tells me, during the entire waiting period I consistently told my son that for him to be able to study there, he must answer his test correctly. I kept on reminding my son this because he has the habit of answering the questions wrong even if he knows the answer. He does this when he wants to piss me off. So 10:00 am came and he was accompanied by the teacher whom will give the exam. I haven't got the chance to take pictures of him because I was so nervous that my fingers were shaking (talking about a stage mom, huh!). After 20 minutes, my son was running towards me holding his test permit and with a loud voice plus a bright face, he was shouting "Ina! very good daw ako!" I checked his permit and the only thing stated there was the time the result will be released. So, we went home....
At home, the initial thing that he told me was he have done his best and answered all the questions correctly (in Filipino language) in a proud manner. So I told him that he have done a great job.
Thursday...I went to the school to get the result. I am the only parent there since it was only 8:00 am. The lady in the information desk arrived and I handed her my son's paper. She looked for my son's test paper and told me that he passed. The stage mom in me kicked in again, I asked what was his score. She told me that he got 45 over 46 items meaning he only had 1 mistake. I asked her also if I can see the paper myself but she said that it was not allowed. But, I insisted and asked her instead what was my son's mistake. We looked up and found out that the only thing that was wrong was his writing of letter "p". After that, she read to me the observations of the teacher who handled him during the test which are as follows:
1. Can identify similar objects
2. Can identify color, shapes, letters and numbers
3. Can write letter and numbers
4. Can write his name
I am just so proud of him because as early as three years old I am teaching him all that. And now that he is four, we are just practicing his reading skills and I am planning to teach him also the basics on Mathematics.