When you read, you meet words you might not hear every day. Words that describe secret caves, brave heroes, mysterious maps, or wild storms. The more you read, the more words you collect.

And here’s the cool part: the more words you know, the better you can think.

You know what happens when you hold a cup under a running tap. It fills with water, right? What happens if you leave it there? It overflows, doesn’t it?

The same is true of your brain when you’re trying to learn something. If you are trying to fill it with too many things at once, it will overflow.

Like the cup, it will keep some of the things you’ve learned. Everything else will spill over and be lost down the sink.