they did the 3 r's: reading,writing,arithmetic. they did singing. girls also did sewing.
The ones whose family could afford schooling, went to school. The rest went to work. Those who could not find work begged, or stole to get food.
boys learn to hunt and count but girls learn to sow and clean
Well, they actually lived in a zoo or either a work place where they would do there work.
The same way a wet nurse, or nursing mother, still breast feeds children. Most 'wet nurses' had babies at home that allowed them to continue milk production; and like most other mammals, milk...