Дочка любит сначала рассматривать иллюстрации, а потом читать текст.

Дочка is a more affectionate, everyday form of дочь (daughter).

• дочь = the basic, more neutral word
• дочка = daughter / little daughter / dear daughter, depending on context

In this sentence, дочка gives a warm, natural tone, the way someone might talk about their child in normal conversation.

After любить, Russian often uses an infinitive to express liking an activity.

So:

• любит читать = likes to read
• любит рассматривать = likes to look at / examine
• любит сначала рассматривать..., а потом читать... = likes first to look at..., and then to read...

This is very natural in Russian. It works much like English likes to do something.

This is a very common pattern meaning first ..., and then ...

• сначала = at first / first
• потом = then / afterwards
• а потом = and then / and after that

So the sentence describes a sequence:

1. first she looks at the illustrations
2. then she reads the text

The conjunction а helps contrast or separate the two stages: first one action, then the other.

Because а is a coordinating conjunction, and here it joins two parts of the sentence:

• сначала рассматривать иллюстрации
• потом читать текст

In Russian, a comma is normally used before а in this kind of structure.

So:

• ..., а потом ...

is standard punctuation.

They are imperfective because the sentence is about a general habit or preferred process, not one completed action.

• рассматривать = to look at, examine, study visually
• читать = to read

With любить (to like/love doing something), Russian usually uses the imperfective when talking about activities in general.

Compare the idea:

• Она любит читать. = She likes reading.
• This is about the activity itself, not one finished result.

If perfective verbs were used, it would sound much less natural here.

Because иллюстрации is the direct object of рассматривать, so it is in the accusative case.

However, for inanimate plural nouns, the accusative form is the same as the nominative form.

So:

• nominative plural: иллюстрации
• accusative plural: иллюстрации

That is why the form does not visibly change here.

Because текст is also a direct object, so it is in the accusative case.

For an inanimate masculine singular noun, the accusative is usually the same as the nominative:

• nominative: текст
• accusative: текст

So читать текст simply means to read the text.

Рассматривать means more than just to look. It often suggests looking carefully, studying details, or examining something visually.

Compare:

• смотреть = to look, to watch
• рассматривать = to examine, to look over, to study with the eyes

For illustrations in a book, рассматривать is a very natural choice, because the idea is not just a quick glance, but spending time looking at the pictures.

No, Russian word order is flexible, but this sentence uses a very natural neutral order.

• Дочка любит сначала рассматривать иллюстрации, а потом читать текст.

This order clearly presents:

1. the subject
2. what she likes to do
3. the sequence of actions

Other word orders are possible, but they would change emphasis or sound less neutral.

Russian does not have articles like English a or the.

So:

• иллюстрации can mean illustrations / the illustrations
• текст can mean text / the text

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, English would usually translate it with the because the illustrations and the text are probably the ones in a particular book or page.

Not by itself. In the present tense, Russian verbs do not show gender.

• любит can mean he likes, she likes, or even it likes, depending on the subject.

We know the subject is feminine because the noun дочка is feminine. If the subject were omitted, context would be needed.

Yes. In fact, that is the most natural interpretation.

Because of:

• любит = likes
• imperfective infinitives рассматривать and читать

the sentence describes her usual preference or typical behavior:

• she likes first looking at the illustrations, then reading the text

It is not about one single completed event, but about what she generally enjoys doing.