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Absolutely!! The earlier and younger they start the better. Children are more than capable of learning a foreign language as part of their regular curriculum -British children are offered French in many primary schools and some will take 2 or 3 foreign languages in High School, alongside the core subjects of maths,English,chemistry,biology,physics,history and geography. As part of the primary school program they very often start communicating with a penpal .Then in high school they take part in an exchange program and by this time have enough knowledge of the language to communicate fluently with the exchange family.

Do not under estimate the learning capabilities of young children. At the age of 4 or 5 learning is exciting,and how much more exciting could it be than to learn a second language . With some creativity and imagination the teacher can make it a fun,rich and rewarding learning experience-the children could partner with a class in the country of their language and through the internet or letter writing (with the help of their teacher of course) learn about their culture, lifestyle,day to day experiences,food,hobbies ,passtimes etc etc. It would open the childrens' minds to life outside Wake County , North Carolina  and the USA.