What is accretion?

Accretion is when things slowly grow by adding little bits on top of each other, like stacking blocks.

Imagine you have a pile of marbles, and every day, one more marble drops into the pile, not all at once, but one by one. Over time, that pile gets bigger and bigger. That’s accretion in action!

Think about building a tower with blocks. If you put just one block on top each day, after a week you’ll have seven blocks stacked high! That’s how accretion works, little by little, things get bigger.

In nature, accretion happens when a pebble in a river gets covered with tiny bits of sand and rock. Each time the water moves, it drops off a little piece near the pebble. Over years, that tiny pebble can turn into a big rock, just by having little pieces added to it day after day.

So whether you're stacking blocks or watching a pebble grow bigger in the river, accretion is all about slow, steady growth, one small addition at a time!