First of all after you've made your penguin I would make a friend. Have a look around club penguin. If you find someone with a sign above there head that says "Tours here" go to them and ask them ifyou can have a tour. If you look in the top left hand corner then you will see the newspaper and your mail box. When you have first started you will have mail that says "Welcome to club penguin". You will also see that the newspaper will have new written on it. Every Friday a new newspaper comes out. That is pretty much all you need to know when you've started club penguin.
