Results from more than 1,200 entries to this year's Playday drawing competition found that being outside is children's preferred way to play, with kickabout games a big favourite with both boys and girls.
For Playday, the annual celebration of children's right to play, Play England asked children to draw a picture of how they like to spend time playing. An overwhelming 87 per cent responded by drawing scenes of outdoor activity with one in five showing a scene of sporty play, and one in four boys telling us playing football was their favourite.
This year, Playday takes place on Wednesday 4 August 2010, with the theme Our Place!, aiming to tackle restrictions faced by children wanting to play where they live, and asks everyone to help create better places for all of us to live and play.
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