POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

BANSUD CAMPUS
BANSUD, ORIENTAL MINDORO

CHAPTER 2
(CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CALAMBA)
CHILDHOOD YEARS IN
CALAMBA
 • Jose Rizal grew up in happy
home, ruled by good parents,
bubbling with joy, and
sanctified by God’s blessings.
Introducti
on • His native town is Calamba. Its
scenic beauties and industrious,
hospitable, and friendly folks
impressed him during his
childhood years and profoundly
affected his mind and character.
 • To be able to know the
childhood years of Jose Rizal in
Calamba

Objectiv • To know what he achieved in a

es young age

• To be able to know what events

in his life made him love his
nation and fight for freedom.
MOTIVATION
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1. Hometown of Rizal
C A T H O L I C

2. Religion of Rizal
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C A T H O L I C

A E

3. Nickname of Rizal in his family

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C A T H O L I C

A E O

L N

A C

M H

B A

4. Rizal’s favorite sister

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C A T H O L I C

A E O

L N

A C

M H

B A

A L O N Z O

5. One of the surname of Rizal

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C A T H O L I C

A E O

L L N

A O C

M P H

B E A

A L O N Z O

6. Surname of the Parish Priest in

Calamba
PRE - TEST
1. What is
the name A.
of Jose Digong
Rizal’s D. B.
black dog? Bantay Blacky
C.
Uzman
2. What A.
age did 5
Jose began
to take D. B.
part in a 3 6
family
prayers? C.
4
3. When did
Jose go to A. June
Pilgrimage in 6, 868

Antipolo with B. June

his father to 19, 1868

fulfill his
C. June
mother’s 26, 1868

vow?
A. June
29, 1868
4. What is
Rizal’s first C. My
First
Inspirati
poem? on

B. To
My
Fellow
Childre
n
A. To My
Fellow
country
5. Where did
Rizal inherit
A.
his love for D. From
his
Malayan
freedom and Father
Ancestor
s
innate in C. B.
travel and his Spanish
Ancestor
Chinese
Ancestor
indomitable s s

courage?
Jose
Rizal
 Befor
e

HOUSE
OF
RIZAL

Prese
nt
 • The first memory of Rizal
Earliest in his infancy, was his
happy days in the family
Childho
garden when he was
od
three years old. Because
Memori he was a sick child, he
es was given the tenderess
care by his parents. His
father built a little nipa
cottage in the garden for
 • Another childhood
Earliest memory was the daily
Childho Angelus prayer. By
nightfall, his mother
od
gathered all the children
Memori at the house to pray the
es Angelus .
 • Another memory of his
Earliest infancy was the
Childho nocturnal walk in the
town. The maid took him
od
for a walk in the
Memori moonlight by the river
es with his black dog
named Uzman.
 • Jose loved most the little
Concha (Conception). He
The a was a year older than
Hero’s Concha. He played with
First her and from her he
Sorrow learned the sweetness of
a sisterly love.
 • Unfortunately Concha
died of sickness in 1865
The when she was three
Hero’s years old Jose. Who was
First very fond of her, cried
Sorrow bitterly at losing her.
 • “When I was four years
old, I lost my little sister
The Concha, and then for the
Hero’s first time I shed tears
First caused by love and
Sorrow grief…”
 • At the age of three, he
began to take part in the
Devote family prayers. His
d Son of mother was a devoted
the Catholic, taught him the
Church Catholic prayers, when
he 5 years old, he was
able to read haltingly the
Spanish family Bible.
 • Father Leoncio Lopez
– He is the town priest.
Devote Jose Rizal used to visit
d Son of him and listen to his
the stimulating opinions on
Church current events and
sound philosophy of life.
 • On June 6, 1868. Jose
and his father left
Pilgrima Calamba to go on a
pilgrimage to Antipolo,
ge to
in order to fulfill his
Antipolo
mother’s vow which was
made when Jose was
born.
 • It was the first trip of Jose
across Laguna de Bay. After
praying of the shrine of the
Pilgrima Virgin of Antipolo, Jose and
ge to his father went to Manila, It
Antipolo was the first time Hose saw
Manila. They visited
Salurnina, who was then a
boarding student of La
Concordia College in Sta.
Anna
 • Since early childhood
Artisti Rizal revealed has God-
given talent for art. At
c the age of five, he began
Talent to make sketches with
his pencil and to mold in
s clay and wax objects.
 • Rizal possessed a God-
given gift for literature.
First Since early boyhood he had
Poem scribbled verses on loose
sheets of paper and on the
by textbooks of his sisters. His
Rizal mother who was a lover of
literature, noticed his poetic
inclination and encouraged
him to write poetry
 • At the age eight, Rizal

First wrote his first poem the

native language entitled
Poem Sa Aking Mga Kababata
by (To My Fellow Children).

Rizal
 Whenever people of a
country truly love
To My The language which by
Fellow heaven they were taught to
Childr use

en That country also surely

liberty pursue
As does the bird which
soars to freer space above.
 For language is the final
judge and referee
To My
Upon the people in the
Fellow where it holds sway;
Childr To make our human race
en resembles in this ways
The other living beings
born in liberty
 Whoever know not how to
love his native language
To My tongue
Fellow Is worse than any beast or
Childr evil smelling fish

en To make out language

richer ought to be out wish
The same as any mother
loves to feed her young.
 Tagalog and the Latin
language are the same
To My
And English and Castillian
Fellow and the angels tongue;
Childr And God, whose watchful
en care o’er all is flung,
Has given us His blessing
in the speech we claim,
 Our mother tongue, like a
highest that we know
To My
Had alphabet and letters
Fellow of its very own;
Childr But theses were lost – by
en furious waves were
overthrown
Like bancas in the stormy
sea, long years ago.
 • Rizal, who was eight

First years old, wrote his first

dramatic work which
Dram was in Tagalog comedy.
a by It is said that it was
staged in a Calamba
Rizal festival and was
delightfully applaud by
the audience
 • Since early manhood
Rizal had been
Rizal interested in magic. With
as Boy his dexterous hands, he
Magici learned various tricks.
an He entertained his town
folks with magic-lantern
exhibitions.
 • In later years when he
attained manhood, he
Rizal continues his keen
as Boy predilection for magic.
Magici He read many books on
an magic and attended the
performance of the
famous magicians of the
world.
 • Heredity Influence
Influenc • Environmental Influence
es on • Aid of Divine Providence
the
Hero’s
Boyhood
 • From his Malayan
ancestors, Rizal
Heredi inherited his love for
ty freedom, his innate
Influen desire to travel, and his
ce indomitable courage.
 • From his Chinese
ancestors, he derived his
Heredi serious nature, frugality,
ty patience, and love for
Influen children.
ce
 • From his Spanish
ancestors, he got his
Heredi elegance of bearing,
ty sensitivity to insult, and
Influen gallantry to ladies.
ce
 • From his father, he
inherited a profound
Heredi sense of self-respect, the
ty love for work and the
Influen habit of independent
ce thinking.
 • And from his mother, he
inherited his religious
Heredi nature, the spirit of self-
ty sacrifice, and the
Influen passion for arts and
ce literature.
 • The scenic beauties of
Calamba and the
beautiful garden of Rizal
Environme
ntal Family stimulated the
Influence inborn artistic and
literary talents of Jose
Rizal.
 • The religious
atmosphere at his home
fortified his religious
Environme
ntal nature.
Influence
 • His brother, Paciano
instilled in his mind the
love for freedom and
Environme
ntal justice. From his sisters,
Influence he learned to be
courteous and kind to
women.
 • His three uncles,
inspired him to develop
his artistic ability to
Environme
ntal develop his frail body
Influence and intensified his
voracious reading of
good books
 • Father Leoncio Lopez,
fostered Rizal’s love for
scholarship and
Environme
ntal intellectual honesty
Influence
 • The death of his sister
Concha and the
imprisonment of his
Environme
ntal mother, contributed to
Influence strengthen his character
enabling him to resist
blows of adversity in
later years.
 • The Spanish cruelties
and abuses awakened
his spirit of patriotism
Environme
ntal and inspired him to
Influence consecrate his life and
talents to redeem his
appressed people.
 • Rizal was providentially
destined to be the pride
Aid of and glory of his nation.
Devine God had endowed him
Providen with the versatile gifts of
ce a genious, the valiant
heart to sacrifice for a
noble cause.
POST TEST
1. What is
the name A.
of Jose Digong
Rizal’s D. B.
black dog? Bantay Blacky
C.
Uzman
2. What A.
age did 5
Jose began
to take D. B.
part in a 3 6
family
prayers? C.
4
3. When did
Jose go to A. June
6, 1868
Pilgrimage in
Antipolo with B. June
19, 1868
his father to
fulfill his C. June
26, 1868
mother’s
vow? A. June
29, 1868
4. What is
Rizal’s first C. My
First
Inspirati
poem? on

B. To
My
Fellow
Childre
n
A. To My
Fellow
country
5. Where did
Rizal inherit
A.
his love for D. From
his
Malayan
freedom and Father
Ancestor
s
innate in C. B.
travel and his Spanish
Ancestor
Chinese
Ancestor
indomitable s s

courage?
Answers: 1.
C
5. 2.
A D

4. .
B 3
A
SUMMARY
 • Rizal's childhood was the
happiest period of his life.

Childho
od in • When he was fifteen, he wrote
the poem entitled In Memory of
Calamb My Town (Un Recuerdo A
a Mi Pueblo)

• Rizal was sickly, underweight,

undersized, and frail as a child.
 • He had his own nipa cottage where
he played in the day, built by his
father.
Childho
od in • He had an aya (nurse maid) who

Calamb has a kind old woman and who

took care of him and his health.
a
• He recited the Angelus prayer daily.
 • The death of his sister Concha
was Jose's first grief.

Childho •

od in •Jose and his father went on a

pilgrimage to Antipolo on June 6,
Calamb 1868 so that they could fulfill
a hismother's vow, which she made
when Jose was born. Teodora
could not join them on this
pilgrimagebecause she had given
birth to Jose's sister Trinidad
 • He began sketching at the
age of five.

Childho
od in • He had a black dog named
Calamb Usman.
a
• At the age of eight, Jose
wrote his first poem entitled
Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To
My Fellow Children).
 • When he was also eight years old,
Rizal write his first dramatic work,
which was a Tagalog comedy. Itwas

Childho staged in a festival in Calamba, and

was later sold to a gobernadorcillo
od in from Paete for two pesos.
Calamb
a • Jose was skilled in operating
marionettes.

• He used to meditate by Laguna de

Bay with his pet dog, Usman.
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