Keep things simple as you're learning and don't use the flaps just yet. Flaps do provide lots of lift, but they also produce lots of drag. Drag might be a bad thing especially if you're just learning. Landing in a nutshell goes something like this, reduce your altitude with your throttle and keep the nose up with the elevator. Find the slope your plane likes and commit to landing if everything is good. Just before touch down, flare a bit with pulling on the elevator and reduce the throttle to idle just before touch down.

Sounds a lot easier than it looks.