Thanks Liz and Astro Nutt
Hi Cathy, yes, the clouds sure have been a bother! Last night was actually pretty good viewing apart from some scattered cloud (unlike all the other nights since Christmas which have been terrible!) I spent quite some time stargazing last night, (only the second time out with the scope) so still coming to terms with the inverted image and physically moving the scope around the sky and locating objects, but I think I'm getting much better at it all. Managed to view Jupiter, the Pleiades, the Great Orion Nebula and a few other sights. I even accidentally spotted (and then followed) a satellite when I wasn't even looking for it!
In my opinion, the easiest thing to point the scope at for the kids would have to be Jupiter. It's bright and easy to find in the sky (no starhopping necessary) and using Stellarium you can even tell them the names of the moons that you're looking at (which adds to the cool factor!) There is actually a bright dot you'll see in the viewfinder to the bottom right which is masquerading as another of Jupiter's moons, near them but not in line with them, it's actually just a background star. The other four in a line are moons. Assuming I’ve set it up correctly on this computer, I’ve attached an image of what Jupiter should look like tonight at 8:30PM through a reflector, if it helps!
Note: The images you see in your scope will be inverted to what you see on the screen in Stellarium (or on a printed starmap) but using the Oculars plugin
(Configuration Window F2 > Plugins > Oculars > (tick) Load at Startup, Configure) you can actually set it up so that using a key shortcut
(Ctrl-O) it will show you a preview of exactly what the view would look like through your telescope/eyepiece with all the correct mirroring.
So far, looks like tonight and tomorrow will be good viewing, with conditions deteriorating on the weekend.
Good luck!