This children's collective manual describes a training program for parents and teachers of preschool children which is designed to encourage cooperative, community-oriented styles of group interaction in black preschool children. Developed by the Children's Collective of the Coordinated Child Care Council of South Los Angeles, the program is based on the belief that individual achievement and success eventually lead to a variety of antisocial behaviors. The paper defines the components of cooperative behavior and then provides a method for promoting it among preschool children. The major portion of the report is devoted to a description of planned activities and related materials which give these behaviors a chance to develop. Activity categories include those which encourage group interaction, group cooperation, group decision-making, self-other liking, and community and child-community interdependence. (CS)