Binocular observing is also just a whole different experience. Binoculars give a wide field of view and an uninverted image, so you can lie on your back and cruise around the sky at your liesure. It's a much more intimate relationship with the sky than you get by painstakingly swiveling a telescope around to your target and then hunching over the eyepiece in an uncomfortable position. The moon is by far the easiest and most rewarding target for the beginner.
Star clusters are also excellent for binocular astronomy.
Satellites are fun to observe, either by plan or by accident when one crosses your field of view. Binoculars are not well suited to planetary observing due to their low magnification. Binoculars are rated with numbers such as 10x50. The first number is the magnification, the second is the diameter of the front lenses in units of millimeters. As with telescopes, size is more important than magnification.