STACEY SOLT/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Mike Carrigan, left, explores shapes with his daughter, Lindsay Carrigan, and her friend Haley Neff during "Family Math Night" at Shull-David Elementary in Lehighton. Leading the lesson is instructor Lynne Blymire. Students were asked to recreate shapes, such as a 3-dimensional box or pyramid, using toothpicks and marshmallows. The program was meant to move abstract math concepts out of the textbook and into the hands of students.