Little Nino’s Pizzeria
Tony likes to help his father use capital, natural, and human resources to make and serve pizza at their small, over-crowded restaurant. All of this changes when his father opens a larger, fancier establishment. Despite making more money, Tony and his father are miserable. Tony’s father learns an important lesson about being an entrepreneur and about happiness, and he reopens the small pizzeria and once again enjoys his work.
Economic Concepts
- Natural Resources
- Human Resources
- Capital Resources
- Producers
- Consumers
- Entrepreneurship
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
Related Subjects
- Entrepreneurship
Teacher Tips for Using this Book
Description of Online Lesson, Little Nino’s Pizzeria
http://www.kidseconbooks.com/html/little_nino_s_pizzeria.html
Students read the book and discuss the economics concepts through a set of questions and answers.
Description of Lesson 2, Working for Income, from Pocket Power
(to be used with Little Nino’s Pizzeria)
Students construct “Box Town,” a model business community, and develop business plans for individual businesses.
Description of Lesson 13, Little Nino’s Pizzeria
from Economics and Children’s Literature:
Students read the story and examine the resources used to make the pizza. They use a Venn diagram in a worksheet to decide how the resources are used in the restaurant before and after its expansion.