Abstract
The article discusses the bilingual pre-kindergarten curriculum and its relevance for the linguistic development of the deaf person. Based on the description of a school scene in a public municipal school especially adapted to the needs of deaf children, the article discusses the implications, for children in this age group, of the precocious acquisition of sign language mediated by dialogical interaction with other deaf children. It advocates the need for policies that stimulate deaf children to attend this level of schooling, the bilingual approach of deaf children education, and finally the increase in the number of schools in which deaf teachers and children could meet and work together
Keywords:
Pre-kindergarten stage; deafness; bilingual and inclusive education
