In this Literacy Live Lesson for KS1/First Level, CBBC’s Rhys Stephenson and Mr Smith from Bitesize Daily explore the book Simon Sock by Paul Linnet and Sue Hendra.

This lesson sees Chris Johnson opening a bakery, with some maths help from Bitesize Daily’s Mrs Vee. They learn how to count and use place value to figure out which numbers are bigger and smaller.

Each of the strumming patterns in this lesson is progressive in that they build off each other. You may be familiar with one or two of them, but it's still recommended that you go through the ...