**Step 1:** Imagine you have 20 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 **Step 2:** Now add 6 more 🎈🎈🎈 🎈🎈🎈 **Step 3:** Let's put them together ➕ **Box 1:** Add ➕ **Box 2:** = **Total box:** **Great!** So, $20 + 6 = 26$ balloons in total! 🎉