As Robin matured, Snow White and Frederick began giving her tests to see when she would be ready to start Kindergarten. The tests were spread over multiple days and involved numerous categories; math, reading, writing, language acquisition, science, social studies, fine arts, physical and motor development, reasoning and concept development, and social/ethical behaviour. Some of these were more difficult than others. Sometimes Zelena was there, sometimes it was just Snow and Frederick. Throughout the tests, they gave her treats for motivation to attempt all the tasks they asked her to attempt. They found she was especially fond of cupcakes with green icing. Green reminded Robin of both her mother, and her father she only knew from the book Henry wrote for her.

They showed her a map of Storybrooke and asked her to identify places. She did well with that part but was unsure what people from various jobs did. She also lacked knowledge of history or culture. Robin passed any science tests she was given. She knew all about names of animals and types of weather, for instance.

For math they gave her tests on both counting and geometry. The toy Emma had made for her was good at training her in geometric concepts, and adapted to her learning. She was able to apply that knowledge to the tests in sorting items by size, shape, and colour. She knew how to order things from smallest to largest. She knew how to draw basic shapes too. She could also sort objects by weight and understood ideas like bigger and smaller. Unfortunately, she still had work to do in understanding numbers. When trying to count, she often got mixed up. Trying to count seven cupcakes, she said "1,2,3,4,2,3,4,5". She often did not know what number was next and went backwards. Or kept counting when she had already counted all the objects. Snow tried to help her keep track of what she already counted by moving the counted cupcakes to one side. Robin found this frustrating. She did not behave well when faced with a frustrating task. She wound up shoving the cupcake in Snow's nose and laughing. Robin did not get to eat any of those cupcakes that day.

They also tested Robin on reading, using the book Henry made for her about her father. As they expected from a kid at her stage of development, She was able to point to the pictures and say what was happening in them. She had had the book read to her many times by many different people. When given a bunch of pictures of Robin Hood, she was able to arrange them to tell a story. She still could not read words though, not even simple ones like "cat" or "dog". They would need to find a way to teach her that. She also couldn't quite articulate what characters were feeling in the story, and in general had trouble understanding other people's feelings. They tried to get her to practice writing the letters of the alphabet but this was something she apparently wasn't ready for. She would just take the pencil and draw spirals wantonly around the page. On the bright side, this was a good sign for artistic creativity. She was also good with colours and drawing objects like trees. She was also good at dancing to music and reciting nursery rhymes. Snow was a little concerned about some of the nursery rhymes Zelena was teaching Robin. Evidently, according to Zelena, the mouse gnawed his leg off to escape from a hole when the clock struck one.

Her physical and motor skills were coming along fine. She was good with running (Frederick was already imagining recruiting her for the track team one day) and with throwing and catching. Unfortunately, she still had a tendency to have temper tantrums when she wasn't able to do a new thing right away. She wanted to be good at everything she tried immediately. Snow and Frederick didn't always have the patience to discipline her and sometimes she got her way when she threw tantrums with them. They managed to get her to be a little more patient with putting together puzzles. The challenge excited her. She liked to climb things, sometimes a little too much. It was sometimes hard to get her to sit down. They managed to teach her how to cut paper and tie her shoes.

Language was coming easily to Robin. In fact, sometimes she got in trouble at day care for using too colourful language Zelena taught her. What she did need help with was constructively articulating her feeling, a job for Archie. Robin liked to tell stories. Sometimes she creatively stretched the truth. This would need to be reigned in a bit but at least she had a good imagination.

One area Snow was most concerned about was Robin's behaviour. She observed Robin at Day Care some days. Robin was progressing intellectually and would need to move on soon, but had difficulty with getting along with others. She teased other kids for not knowing things. She also showed little respect for other people's belongings, frequently taking things and putting them out of reach. Cinderella asked her once what her father would say. "My Dad stole things too" Robin said, not fully understanding her father was standing up to injustice when he stole things, while she was just being a bully. Cinderella sighed, knowing she had not thought that question through. Another issue Robin had was giving up on tasks too easily sometimes and then throwing tantrums. She didn't handle frustration well. Blue was trying to teach Robin morality but often just said things that went over Robin's head.

When they were finished testing Robin, Snow and Frederick reported what they had found to Zelena and it was agreed they would have Archie try and help iron out some of the issues before making Robin start kindergarten.