Ad aprile la figlia vuole fare una passeggiata con la scuola.

Italian normally uses a for time expressions like months, but before a vowel it often becomes ad for smoother pronunciation. So a + aprile is commonly written as ad aprile.

A few notes:

• ad aprile = in April
• a aprile sounds awkward and is generally avoided
• You may also hear in aprile, but ad aprile is very natural and common

In Italian, nouns usually need an article unless there is a specific reason to leave it out. So la figlia means the daughter.

Using figlia by itself here would sound incomplete in standard Italian.

Also, Italian often uses the definite article in places where English might use a possessive:

• la figlia = the daughter
• depending on context, English might naturally say his daughter, her daughter, or the daughter

So the article is perfectly normal here.

Here it means the daughter, referring to a specific daughter already known from context.

If Italian wanted to speak more generally, it might use something like:

• una figlia = a daughter
• le figlie = daughters / the daughters

So la figlia is definite and specific.

This is a very common Italian structure. Volere means to want, and it is followed by an infinitive verb.

So:

• vuole = she/he wants
• fare = to do / to make
• vuole fare = she/he wants to do

Italian often uses this pattern:

• voglio mangiare = I want to eat
• vuoi venire = do you want to come?
• vuole fare una passeggiata = she wants to take a walk

Fare una passeggiata is a very common Italian expression meaning to take a walk or to go for a walk.

Literally, it is:

• fare = to do / to make
• una passeggiata = a walk / a stroll

But you should understand the whole phrase as one natural expression, just like English says take a walk rather than walk in some contexts.

Italian also has the verb passeggiare = to stroll / to walk around, but fare una passeggiata is extremely common and natural.

Passeggiata is a feminine singular noun.

So:

• una passeggiata = a walk / a stroll
• la passeggiata = the walk

It comes from the idea of walking in a relaxed way, often for pleasure rather than for transportation.

That is why fare una passeggiata usually suggests going for a pleasant walk.

Because the sentence is talking about a walk, not the walk.

Compare:

• fare una passeggiata = to take a walk
• fare la passeggiata would usually sound like a specific, already known walk

In many cases, the expression naturally uses una passeggiata because it means the activity in a general sense.

Con la scuola literally means with the school, but in natural English it often means something like:

• with the school group
• as part of school
• with her school
• through school

It suggests that the walk is connected to the school, probably as a school activity or outing.

So it does not necessarily mean she is physically walking next to a school building. It means the school is involved.

Because con la scuola and a scuola mean different things.

• con la scuola = with the school / as part of school
• a scuola = at school / to school

So:

• fare una passeggiata con la scuola = go for a walk as a school activity
• fare una passeggiata a scuola would suggest the walk happens at school, which is a different idea

Yes. Italian word order is fairly flexible, especially with time expressions.

Both are possible:

• Ad aprile la figlia vuole fare una passeggiata con la scuola.
• La figlia vuole fare una passeggiata con la scuola ad aprile.

The version with Ad aprile at the beginning gives a little more emphasis to the time frame: In April...

So the original sentence sounds natural and simply foregrounds the month.

Vuole is the third person singular form of volere in the present tense.

It can mean:

• he wants
• she wants
• it wants (less common depending on context)

In this sentence, because of la figlia, it means she wants.

A quick comparison:

• voglio = I want
• vuoi = you want
• vuole = he/she wants
• vogliamo = we want
• volete = you all want
• vogliono = they want

Yes: scuola is a feminine singular noun, so it takes la in the singular definite form.

So:

• la scuola = the school
• con la scuola = with the school

This is just normal agreement:

• il ragazzo = the boy
• la ragazza = the girl
• la scuola = the school

Here the preposition con does not combine with the article, so it stays con la, not a single merged form.