For reading, start off with easy vocab and familier with the uses of them. Then start memorising the symbos which will then , you will learn more and more until you can reconise them.
For Speaking, you can start off reading with Pinyin. Pin yin are made out of english letters that you can just pronous it as you do in english. Plus the little symbo on top of the word can adjust you which 4 different ways of saying it as well.
Furthermore, I can help to translate paragraph and check grammas and vocabs between chinese and english