{"id":101,"date":"2022-02-19T14:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T14:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dadstuffsite.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2023-06-13T00:04:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T00:04:17","slug":"beginner-secret-codes-and-ciphers-for-kids-the-caesar-cipher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dadstuffsite.com\/beginner-secret-codes-and-ciphers-for-kids-the-caesar-cipher\/","title":{"rendered":"The Caesar Cipher (What it Is and How to Teach Your Kids)"},"content":{"rendered":"
We may receive commissions from purchases made through links in this post, at no additional cost to you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n My kids have big imaginations. I mean, who hasn\u2019t dreamed of sending secret messages like a spy or decoding a secret pirate map? If I’m honest, I have dreamt about living out my own personal National Treasure (that is, without the bad guys shooting at me and all).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The good news is, there are some super easy secret codes and ciphers you can teach your kids right now. One of the easiest ciphers you can learn is the Caesar Cipher.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This article is originally from www.dadstuffsite.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Caesar cipher (also known as a Caesar shift, Caesar substitution, shift cipher, or a ROT-n cipher, short for rotation by n <\/em>letters), is a simple substitution cipher. It is made by shifting each letter of the alphabet a predetermined number of places, or rotations (ROT for short). For example, in a ROT1 shift, the letter A becomes B, B becomes C, etc. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n In a substitution cipher, the order of letters in the original message (or plaintext) remains the same. Each letter is substituted by another letter or symbol into a coded message (or cipher text). <\/p>\n\n\n The Caesar cipher gets its name from the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. Caesar used it to disguise his personal correspondence and to protect sensitive military messages. While easy to decode by today\u2019s standards, it was reasonably secure in his time because many of Caesar\u2019s enemies were illiterate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Caesar Cipher is \u201cmonoalphabetic\u201d in that each letter is replaced by one and only one letter or symbol. Therefore, Caesar Ciphers are easy to break. While not used in professional cryptography anymore, Caesar Ciphers are fun to do and super easy to teach your kids<\/p>\n\n\n\n This article is originally from www.dadstuffsite.com<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is a Caesar Cipher (Caesar Shift, Caesar Substitution, Shift Cipher, Rot-n Cipher)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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