DD absolutely is unable to work any other way, we have tried. I have tried 'deschooling' in hopes of getting to a happy 'unschooling' situation but this doesn't work for her at all and ironically I found it completely stressful but that's another story.....
So, you've tried unschooling. You've tried having four hours of school spread over a ten hour day. What else have you tried?
Four hours of individual attention school is a very long time for a first grader. That is much, much more than we were doing at that age. What worked well for us was to have a structure and routine to the day and to have school included as a specific but small part of it. Much more time was spent on: taking walks, activities out of the house, housework, reading, etc.
