although they are a lot of fun and great for some detail.

The best way to see what you are looking at is to try and figure out what constellation you are looking at, as Fox was suggesting. This will tell you just about everything you need to know in that part of the sky you are looking at.
In fact once you learn where all the constellations are and what the names of the major stars of each constellation are you can star hop around the sky. Star hoping enables the observer to locate Messier objects like star clusters which are beautiful when looked through your binoculars.

Looking for a simple challenge since you will be looking in the area?
M44 the Beehive Cluster is an open cluster of stars you can easily find by hoping from Jupiter to the next brightest point of light going up and to the right (Regulus) then up in that same line about 5 to 6 thump widths (with your arm extended). If you were to keep going up you would run into Saturn. The Beehive is currently in between Jupiter and Saturn in the line running between them about half way. See below.

* Saturn

* Beehive Cluster (M44)

* Regulus (star)

* Jupiter

Have fun,
SteveS