When something shatters, it breaks into lots of tiny pieces. Imagine a cookie that falls on the ground and crumbles into many small bits. Each piece is still part of the cookie, but it’s not whole anymore. Now think of a bubble. When it pops, it doesn’t just disappear; it turns into tiny droplets of water. That’s like shattering but with water.
Picture a glass ball. If it falls and hits the ground, it might break into many sharp pieces. Each piece is part of the glass ball, but now they are all separate, scattered everywhere. It’s a bit like a puzzle that’s been taken apart, and you have to be careful because the pieces are sharp and can hurt.
Consider a sunflower with seeds. When the wind blows, the seeds scatter in different directions. They’re still part of the sunflower, but they’re spread out. Shattering is like when something that was once together becomes many little parts, just like how the seeds leave the flower.