From another beginner, the best thing I did initially was to add a panorama of my back yard to Stellarium
It's pretty easy (happy to help if you need it) and once done, you can literally locate the object in Stellarium (Ctrl-F) then go out and find it in the same spot from your yard. Of course I recommend learning planispheres and such, but this is a great way to get you going in an intuitive manner
Note this only works well for naked-eye (bright) objects, but it's a start.
I've also done this for Starry Night.