Education before Hogwarts?

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No: HPFGUIDX 54905

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Troels Forchhammer 
<t.forch at m...> wrote:
> At 14:30 05-04-03 -0600, shanna wrote:
> >Hello everyone.
> >I'm new to the group, but I have a quick question.  Does anyone 
have
> >thoughts about how wizard children get educated prior to attending 
Hogwarts?
 
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> I assume that the children are schooled at home.
> 
> Troels

Not necessarily.Not all parents or siblings are qualified to teach
their children the basic skills. Not all families could afford to
hire a private tutor( ie the Weasleys). There would have to be
some type of elementary school for witches and wizards. They would
have to have the mastery of  all the basic skills before they could
attend Hogwarts.

  I don't know about Great Britain or other countries,but in the
USA all children are required to go to school up to a certain age
or be taught by a qualified person.

The Wizarding community would not have an exempion to this..as they
are still living in the Muggle world. They would have to have proof
that the children are being educated properly.

I am a newbie to this group and have really enjoyed the
thoughtful posts to this group.
Barb