diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0591ba4..1cd6a6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,3 +60,29 @@ In your HTML page:
 The result is a reactive UI that updates on attribute changes:
 
 <img alt="UI showing feeling toward Web Components changing from SAD to EXCITED" src="https://git.sr.ht/~ayoayco/web-component-base/blob/main/assets/wc-base-demo.gif" width="400" />
+
+### Hooks
+
+Currently, you can define behavior when an attribute value changes by defining a method `onChanges` in your component:
+
+```js
+import WebComponent from "../index.mjs";
+
+export class HelloWorld extends WebComponent {
+  name = "World";
+  emotion = "excited";
+
+  static get observedAttributes() {
+    return ["name", "emotion"];
+  }
+
+  onChanges({ previousValue, currentValue }) {
+    console.log(">>> changed", { previousValue, currentValue });
+  }
+
+  get template() {
+    return `
+        <h1>Hello ${this.name}${this.emotion === "sad" ? ". 😭" : "! 🙌"}</h1>`;
+  }
+}
+```
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diff --git a/WebComponent.mjs b/WebComponent.mjs
index 72b2608..ac1b0c4 100644
--- a/WebComponent.mjs
+++ b/WebComponent.mjs
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
 // @ts-check
 
 export class WebComponent extends HTMLElement {
+  get template() {
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    get template () {
-        return ''
+  /**
+   * triggered when an attribute value changed
+   */
+  onChanges({ previousValue, currentValue }) {}
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this.render();
+  }
+
+  attributeChangedCallback(property, previousValue, currentValue) {
+    if (previousValue !== currentValue) {
+      this[property] = currentValue;
+      this.render();
     }
 
-    connectedCallback() {
-        this.render()
-    }
+    this.onChanges({previousValue, currentValue});
+  }
 
-    attributeChangedCallback(property, prev, value) {
-        if (prev !== value) {
-            this[property] = value
-            this.render()
-        }
-    }
-
-    render() {
-        this.innerHTML = this.template
-    }
-}
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+  render() {
+    this.innerHTML = this.template;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/demo/HelloWorld.mjs b/demo/HelloWorld.mjs
index c32bc46..950406c 100644
--- a/demo/HelloWorld.mjs
+++ b/demo/HelloWorld.mjs
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ export class HelloWorld extends WebComponent {
     return ["name", "emotion"];
   }
 
+  onChanges({ previousValue, currentValue }) {
+    console.log(">>> changed", { previousValue, currentValue });
+  }
+
   get template() {
     return `
-        <h1>Hello ${this.name}${
-            this.emotion === 'sad'
-                ? '. 😭'
-                : '! 🙌'
-        }</h1>`
+        <h1>Hello ${this.name}${this.emotion === "sad" ? ". 😭" : "! 🙌"}</h1>`;
   }
 }
 
-customElements.define('hello-world', HelloWorld);
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+customElements.define("hello-world", HelloWorld);