Depois da creche, minha filha quer brincar no balanço e no escorregador.

Because Portuguese usually contracts the preposition de with the definite article a:

• de + a = da
• de + o = do

So:

• depois de a creche → depois da creche

This is very common and usually required in normal Portuguese. Since creche is a feminine noun, it uses a, which becomes da after depois de.

Creche usually means daycare or nursery, especially for very young children. It is not exactly the same as elementary school.

In Brazil, creche is typically for babies and toddlers, while older small children may go to pré-escola. In everyday translation, daycare is often the safest choice.

Both are correct.

In Brazilian Portuguese, possessives like meu/minha, seu/sua, etc. can appear:

• minha filha
• a minha filha

Brazilian Portuguese often uses the article before possessives, but leaving it out is also very natural, especially in shorter or more neutral sentences. So minha filha here sounds perfectly normal.

Because filha is feminine singular.

Possessive adjectives must agree with the noun they describe:

• meu filho = my son
• minha filha = my daughter

So minha matches the feminine noun filha.

Because after querer (to want), the next verb normally stays in the infinitive:

• ela quer brincar
• eu quero comer
• eles querem sair

This works like English want to + verb. So quer brincar is wants to play.

Brincar is usually to play in the sense of children playing, having fun, or using toys/playground equipment.

Jogar is more often used for games and sports:

• brincar no parque = play at the park
• brincar com bonecas = play with dolls
• jogar futebol = play soccer
• jogar xadrez = play chess

In this sentence, brincar is the right choice because it is about a child playing on playground equipment.

Because no is a contraction of em + o:

• em + o = no
• em + a = na

So:

• no balanço = on/in the swing
• no escorregador = on the slide

Both balanço and escorregador are masculine nouns, so they take o, which combines with em to form no.

Because each noun has its own article/preposition combination.

Portuguese often repeats the article in this kind of structure:

• no balanço e no escorregador
• na sala e na cozinha
• do pai e da mãe

You might sometimes hear omission in casual speech, but repeating it is standard and natural.

Because the preposition changes the meaning.

• brincar no balanço = play on the swing
• brincar com = play with something/someone
• brincar de = play a game / pretend / play at being

Examples:

• brincar no escorregador = play on the slide
• brincar com os amigos = play with friends
• brincar de médico = play doctor
• brincar de esconde-esconde = play hide-and-seek

So here no is used because the child is playing on the equipment.

Yes, but it changes the focus.

• brincar no balanço e no escorregador = specifically play on the swing and on the slide
• brincar no parquinho = play at the playground

So parquinho is more general, while the original sentence names the exact things the child wants to use.

The order is natural, but it can be changed.

Starting with Depois da creche puts the time context first:

• Depois da creche, minha filha quer brincar no balanço e no escorregador.

You could also say:

• Minha filha quer brincar no balanço e no escorregador depois da creche.

Both are correct. The original version sounds especially natural because it sets the scene first: after daycare.

A few words here can be hard for English speakers:

• filha: the lh sounds like the lli in million for many learners, though not exactly the same
• balanço: the ç sounds like s
• escorregador: the rr is a strong Portuguese r, not an English r
• creche: the ending sounds roughly like kreh-shee in Brazilian Portuguese

Very rough approximations:

• filha ≈ FEEL-ya
• balanço ≈ bah-LAHN-so
• escorregador ≈ ehs-koh-heh-gah-DOR or ehs-koh-rreh-gah-DOR, depending on accent
• creche ≈ KREH-shee

These are only approximations, but they can help at first.

Yes. In natural English, after daycare often implies after she gets out of daycare, and Portuguese works similarly here.

Depois da creche gives the general time frame. If you wanted to be more explicit, you could say something like:

• depois de sair da creche = after leaving daycare

But in everyday speech, depois da creche is completely normal and clear.