Morgan Chase was determined to program her fish graphic to move in an online aquarium, and she tried numerous times before asking the teacher for help.

“I'm learning how to code and create my own games,” said the third-grader.

Chase was one of many students in Minot Forest Elementary School that got hands-on training on Thursday during Hour of Code, an international initiative that helps students as young as 4 learn computer coding through games and challenges.

This year, Hour of Code aimed to include more than 10 million children across the world in the celebration and study of computers during Computer Science in Education Week.

Technology teacher Teri DeFillipo said it's the third year the school has been a part of the initiative. She said that coding is just one more way to help kids succeed.

“I think kids in our community always need a leg up,” she said. “These kids all have tablets, but they don't stop to think why it works. This is showing them the coding.”

The initiative won't turn out computer engineers or website designers within a week, but it does help kids understand how computer programs work. And it's never too early to learn.

The students in Nicole Roberge's pre-school class tuned into a program called Kodable, where they set a graphic on a certain path. After the first challenge, they were completely ready for the next.