Pre-Hogwarts Education

[A. Harr]

No: HPFGUIDX 36696

Im hoping this topic hasn't come up, but if it has,
please email me personally with your thoughts... its
driven me nuts the past couple of days...
 
I was talking with a home-schooled friend the other
day, when a question popped into my head... how are
wizarding children educated pre-Hogwarts? There is no
mention of Wizarding elementary/primary schools, to my
knowledge, so how do all the children know how to read
and do arithmetic then? Are they educated by their
parents and family? If so, how do they meet wizarding
children of thier own age? It seems to me that they
were all strangers when they arrive at Hogwarts, well,
with the exception of Draco, Crabbe and Goyle. My
guess is they met during little wizarding play-dates
arranged at DE meetings or some such. Draco knew Ron
of course, but only through what his father said. So
then, what does that say about the social skills of
wizarding children? Do they ever interact with each
other? I never see references to old childhood
friends, awful lot of relatives and parents mentioned
but no best friends from Madam Elisstra's Primary
School for the Magically Gifted or such. Anyone have
any thoughts or references in canon that I might have
missed? 

Adrienne
goddessa80 at yahoo.com

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage
http://sports.yahoo.com/