Let's learn how to do $5 \times 5$! 🎉 **Step 1:** Imagine you have 5 groups of 5 apples each. 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 **Step 2:** Let's show it like this:

Group 1:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(5 apples)

Add ➕

Group 2:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(5 apples)

➕ (and 3 more groups like these!) **Step 3:** When you add all 5 groups of 5 apples, you get:

Total apples:
🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
(25 apples)

**Step 4:** So, $5 \times 5 = 25$. Great job! 🎯