Sentences with phrase «early months and years»

In the early months and years of these initiatives, it can be difficult to assess whether changes in policy and practice are having a significant effect on big - picture outcomes for children — third grade reading scores, for instance, or college and career readiness.

This staff is complemented tenfold by our volunteers, including our incredible «Puppy Raisers» who care for our puppies in their early months and years, preparing them to begin the important work of guide dog training.

These are just the tip of the iceberg of what we can expect to learn as our parent educator holds our hand and guides us through not only the prenatal stage but the early months and years of our child's development.

Consider the fact that infants spend most of their time sleeping - nearly 70 % of the time in the early months and years of growth!

Babies desire to communicate with their carers is hard - wired and their brain development is dependent on a healthy relationship with those who mind them in those early months and years.

Small - band hunter - gatherers provide young children with everything they expect, keeping them calm in the early months and years.

During the critical early months and years, when babies should be learning about the world and making millions of neuronal connections, babies exposed to AP are deprived of contact with the outside world (many are constantly carried in a position where they can see nothing but the surface of the mother's clothing) and their exposure to other individuals such as fathers, grandparents and childcare workers is severely limited.

A: Spinal care is vital in early months and years to ensure the correct development of baby's skeletal structure.

Throughout the early months and years of marriage, it is important for couples to exercise the virtue of patience with each other, recognizing that growth takes time and struggle and living together.

is about putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years; giving parents helpful information and fostering environments that support healthy choices; providing healthier foods in our schools; ensuring that every family has access to healthy, affordable food; and helping children become more physically active.

That means the decisions you make in the earliest months and years carries well into your child's adulthood.

is an initiative launched by first lady Michelle Obama, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity in America within a generation; putting children on a path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years.

At the same time, neuroscientific research is demonstrating that loving, stable, secure, and stimulating relationships with caregivers in the earliest months and years of life are critical for every aspect of a child's development.

Not exact matches

Zulilly is also profitable, reporting in its October S1 Securities and Exchange Commission filing net income of $ 2.4 million for the first six months of 2013, compared to a net loss of $ 4 million for the same six months a year earlier.

The 10 - year yield touched a seven - month low of 2.52 % earlier today, and many folks are just scratching their heads.

St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

She quickly apologized for the social media gaffe and stayed in Ethiopia for a month earlier this year as a volunteer consultant for an NGO.

The stock has gained 22 per cent so far this year and hit an all - time high earlier this month.

Just five months earlier, the index was valued at half that amount, and by the end of the roller - coaster year it would again be down by half.

Earlier this month YPF's CEO Miguel Galuccio announced a five - year plan to invest up to $ 7 billion annually to recover from declining oil and natural gas output.

Japan's short - term yields, of less than three years, turned negative last year, and earlier this month, the five - year JGB slipped close to zero several times.

The controversy erupted after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year's Oscar nominations earlier this month, revealing a list that included no non-white acting nominees for the second year in a row.

The company's stock has struggled in recent months and it announced earlier this year that its revenue will be close to flat for 2007.

Employees started moving into the new campus earlier this year, and the pace is expected to pick up in the coming months.

I have publically said to the whole agency, because we started planning for this many months ago, that we will not have to furlough, and we did early retirement a year ago.

She secured an FHA loan earlier this year and moved into her new house last month.

While Black Friday is a diluted event, with sales starting earlier in the month at most major chains, it still anchors the biggest shopping weekend of the year and can get a retailer's holiday season off to a good, or bad, start.

Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP)-- It will take at least months and likely years to fully recover from devastating wildfires that ripped through Northern California earlier this month, destroying at least 8,900 structures and killing 42 people, Sonoma County officials said Saturday.

Alex Gauna, managing director at JMP Securities, told CNBC earlier this month that an Apple iWatch could be introduced along with the iPhone 6 later this year and may eventually be more popular than Samsung's.

Last month, Uber announced it would halt its service in Cancun as it worked with authorities on the regulation and said it hoped to resume operations early in the year.

Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual sales.

As for Jobs, reports of Zuckerberg's relationship with him resurfaced last year, in the wake of news that Zuckerberg, early in the Facebook era, had gained insights and wisdom from a month - long trip to India.

Earlier this month, Tesla said it missed its sales targets for the second consecutive quarter, and is on track to miss its full - year goal of 80,000 - 90,000 vehicles.

Today, Brazil sits at No. 5 in a 2010 UN ranking of countries receiving FDI, and early numbers from the Central Bank of Brazil put the economy on pace to eclipse the previous year with US$ 43 billion in FDI for the first six months of 2011.

The recession in Canada lasted just eight months, far shorter than the United States» projected two - year slog or even Canada's own recessions in the early»80s and»90s.

When the headhunter contacted him months before, he wouldn't tell Eckert much except that the company had been founded by famed scientist Rodney Brooks, who, until a few years earlier, had led MIT's computer - science and artificial - intelligence lab.

But Mulcair earlier this month said he would impose «a slight and graduated increase» that would still be «far below the average that the Conservatives had for the 10 years that they've been in power.»

Oliver Camilo, the company's co-founder and CEO, declined to disclose revenue or terms of its celebrity partnerships, but he says AppMoji reached profitability earlier this year, and has been growing steadily each month.

He gave a speech in Paris last December in connection with the UN Climate Summit in which he laid out a plan to accelerate humanity's departure from the the fossil - fuel era, and he has revisited that speech's specifics when he unveiled the Tesla Model 3 earlier this year and revealed Tesla's Solar Roof last month.

But when Jet started fundraising last month, it was seeking a $ 2 billion valuation, and earlier this year the company had talked to investors about a $ 3 billion valuation, The Journal said.

Earlier this month, a flyover under construction in the eastern city of Kolkata for years collapsed killing 27 people, prompting allegations that shoddy material was used and that the metal parts had corroded during the years of delay.

In February, ZZ Capital disclosed its chief executive resigned and also released unaudited results for the nine months ended Dec. 31 showing its after - tax profit had slipped to HK $ 81.2 million ($ 10.3 million) from HK $ 95.4 million a year earlier.

The Fox News debate held early last month brought in a record 24 million viewers, 7.9 million of which were between 25 and 54 years old, making this the most - watched GOP primary debate ever.

For example, the government changed its foreign ownership rules last year, and ensured that spectrum is set aside for another major player by denying the sale of smaller player Mobilicity's spectrum to incumbent TELUS earlier this month.

The company is hoping the two phones will be strongly competitive to rival gadget - makers Samsung, which earlier this year released its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus phones, and Apple (aapl), which last month unveiled its iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X.

And last month, an international financial group owned by the world's central banks said Canada's credit - to - gross - domestic - product and debt - service ratios show early warning signs of potential risk to the domestic banking system in the coming yeaAnd last month, an international financial group owned by the world's central banks said Canada's credit - to - gross - domestic - product and debt - service ratios show early warning signs of potential risk to the domestic banking system in the coming yeaand debt - service ratios show early warning signs of potential risk to the domestic banking system in the coming years.

Earlier this year the company bought TransferZero, a Spanish online money transfer startup, and in the coming months, BitPesa plans to open an office in the United Arab Emirates, Rosiello said.

It's a risky strategy, but one that many less - experienced and less - educated investors have adopted — both during the epic bull market seen earlier this year and in recent months following its equally amazing collapse.

The export bounce is, at face value, a sign that China's modest economic revival is intact and suggestive of global demand being on the mend, but imports were surprisingly weak, falling 15.2 percent from a year earlier to 13 - month lows and highlighting vulnerability lurking in the domestic economy.