All kids are different and my younger homeschooler could not work that independently and stay on task at age 9. I would give her an assignment and go over it with her briefly and keep number of problems to work on low and keep her closeby and things went well. And then look it over before giving her the next.Would also keep it brief and not do very many things in one day. Lots of breaks and moving about in between.My older homeschooler had to move or not sit at a table and chair or sit at all.he did well standing or curled up in a big chair that rocked with a clip board to write on