The timeline on the DVD *confirms* canon;

[Melanie L Ellis]

No: HPFGUIDX 56061

Sally wrote:

>There is always the possibility that Hermione skipped a grade or started
early in Muggle school, which >would mean she wouldn't have to miss any
more than other Muggleborns. Somehow this seems very likely 
>to me. ;)

Is there any possibility in the English system of having skipped the
equivelant of American Kindergarten? When I started school (I am now 31)
Kindergarten was not mandatory. When my mom when to register me for
school, all the K classes were filled, so I was put directly into 1st
grade. (And as it was, I was bored the first two weeks!) I never skipped
any grades after that although I was sorely tempted to try for it, but I
was still always the youngest person in my classes.

BTW, I didn't into myself when I posted yesterday, sorry about that! My
name is Melanie, and I'm from Alabama, USA. I have two kids, 7 and 4, and
we all really like the HP books. Scarily enough, my son actually looks a
*lot* like a 7 year old HP, glasses and all. (And HP was *not* in mind
when he chose them!)

Melanie Ellis
Alabama Homeschool Message Board
http://pub77.ezboard.com/balabamahomeschoolmessageboard

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