ٹ is one of the six retroflex letters Urdu added to the inherited Arabic-Persian alphabet so the sounds of this region could be written. The toay above is not decoration; it is the marker that tells the reader to curl the tongue back. If your child writes ت instead of ٹ in ٹماٹر, the word loses its Urdu accent and turns into something Arabic-sounding. Say the word out loud while they write so the ear and the hand learn together. Stroke timings are approximate.

ٹ is one of the letters that makes Urdu sound like the streets your child walks on. ٹماٹر at the sabzi-mandi, ٹرین on the way to school, the toay places this language inside their day.