About Us

Experience is Our Schools’ Foundation

When it comes to your child, you want the very best. At Montessori of Plainfield and Montessori of Frankfort, you’ll find a rich and dynamic environment built on a solid foundation of experience. Your child is sure to benefit from: 

Over 22 years of successfully nurturing and accelerating the early development of hundreds of children at both schools

More than 62 years of cumulative teaching experience between the staff at both schools
Over 58 years of cumulative Montessori Method experience between the schools’ two founders alone
An open, creative and progressive atmosphere that enables your child to learn during the important developmental stages
A curriculum that focuses on accelerated learning at an early age, nurturing of decision-making abilities and increases in memory, confidence and awareness
One-on-one interaction between staff and parents, working together as a team with a single goal—your child’s happiness and well-being

Your Child Deserves the Best Start in Life.

We Help Provide that and More

Your child will learn from a caring team with over 52 years of cumulative teaching experience. At Montessori of Plainfield and Montessori of Frankfort, your child will:

Learn in a safe, creative and nurturing environment that will jumpstart their early development in meaningful and important ways
Truly experience the joy of learning with a holistic curriculum and an incredibly healthy environment that will lead to self-discovery
Develop high self-esteem with experiences from which your child creates their knowledge… in their own distinct and special way

Experience The Difference

We have an “open door” policy at our schools and would be more than happy to schedule a tour after school hours of our facilities, or even during school hours as a classroom observer.

What Makes Our Schools Unique? Three Words...

Caring. Experience. Teamwork.

Our management, teaching and support staff have proven experience with:

Teaching the Montessori “whole child” approach that embraces and brings out the full spectrum of your child’s abilities, potential and hidden talents
Helping each child reach their full potential in many different important areas of life—not just “standard” lessons that may limit their future
Working one-on-one with both your child and you, the parents, as a team to help fulfill your child’s unique inner talents

Your Child Will Benefit from Our Staff’s Experience

When you enroll your child with a program at Montessori of Plainfield or Montessori of Frankfort, you’re putting their early development in the hands of an experienced, knowledgeable, and most of all, caring staff of Montessori teaching specialists.


All our staff holds a Red Cross CPR and First Aid certificate. In addition, all our personnel has been trained on EPI pen emergency treatments for allergy emergencies. We understand this may be a concern if your child has allergies. Our schools are nut-free, which—with today’s growing nut allergy among children—is an important concern for most parents.

Founders and Directors

Linda and Mari-Ann are the Founders and Directors of the Montessori of Plainfield and Montessori of Frankfort schools, overseeing its preschool, parent, and summer camp programs.

Linda Mora

Director of Frankfort

Linda has extensive and significant prior experience in the Montessori Method. This includes several years of teaching, camp counseling, and administration work at Seton Montessori Lab School and Hinsdale Montessori Lab School since 1991. She holds AMS credentials in Early Childhood Education. Linda has a yearly Red Cross CPR and First Aid certificates. She continues to stay abreast of new teaching methods and creative learning strategies.

Mari-Ann Kendrick

Director of Plainfield

Mari Ann attended Concordia University where she completed her Montessori training and child development classes. She graduated and received her Montessori certification in 1999. She continues to stay active in the classroom as a lead Directress, as well as the Plainfield Head of School. Mari Ann is committed to keeping herself updated on new methods and ideas of presenting Montessori principals and philosophies to her students by attending conferences and workshops offered by AMS.

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