A thought....where the others learn

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 162223

---  "Diane Alderman" <dla123 at ...> wrote:
>
> I know that Harry went to Muggle school before he went
> to Hogwarts, but I'm having trouble imagining The 
> Weasleys or other Wizarding families going to muggle 
> schools. Didn't say they were their version of 
> homeschooled, didn't mention schools either. Don't 
> remember anyway,.
> 
> Diane in WV
>

bboyminn:

There is nothing in the books to explain what kids do
before Hogwarts, but it is a good question, and JKR
has taken the time to answer it on her website.
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http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=101

Q: What education do the children of wizards have before
going to Hogwarts?

A: They are, as many of you have guessed, most often 
home educated.

With very young children, as you glimpsed at the wizards'
camp before the Quidditch World Cup in 'Goblet of Fire', 
there is the constant danger that they will use magic, 
whether inadvertently or deliberately; they cannot be 
trusted to keep their true abilities hidden. Even 
Muggle-borns like Harry attract a certain amount of 
unwelcome attention at Muggle schools by re-growing 
their hair overnight and so on.

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Though also not in the books, I have assumed that rich
people like the Malfoys hire private tutors to come in
and educate their children before Hogwarts. I really
can't see Lucius or Narcissa spending their time at
teaching their kids.

I have to wonder about their early education though,
is it just reading and writing, is math or arithmatic
included, is magic involved both as a subject and as
a mean of educating the kids? 

Since Harry's story starts at Hogwarts, I don't think 
we will ever here much about his aspect, so we are
left to speculate on the details.

Steve/bboyminn